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Tornado Warning 9, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Jan 21, 2017, 2:48 AM CST for East Baton Rouge Parish, East Feliciana Parish, Saint Helena Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 10 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 21, 2017, 2:48 AM CST (08:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2017, 2:58 AM CST
- In force
- 10 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Saint Helena Parish, LA
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 11:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 132 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 628 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 857 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted.
797
WFUS54 KLIX 210848
TORLIX
LAC033-037-091-210915-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0009.170121T0848Z-170121T0915Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
248 AM CST SAT JAN 21 2017
The National Weather Service in New Orleans has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central St. Helena Parish in southeastern Louisiana...
Northeastern East Baton Rouge Parish in southeastern Louisiana...
Southeastern East Feliciana Parish in southeastern Louisiana...
* Until 315 AM CST
* At 248 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Pride, or 7 miles northeast of Zachary, moving
northeast at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Greensburg and Darlington around 310 AM CST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3066 9109 3078 9117 3098 9074 3076 9059
TIME...MOT...LOC 0848Z 245DEG 49KT 3074 9105
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
901
WWUS54 KLIX 210858
SVSLIX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
258 AM CST SAT JAN 21 2017
LAC033-037-091-210908-
/O.CAN.KLIX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-170121T0915Z/
St. Helena LA-East Baton Rouge LA-East Feliciana LA-
258 AM CST SAT JAN 21 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL ST. HELENA...NORTHEASTERN EAST
BATON ROUGE AND SOUTHEASTERN EAST FELICIANA PARISHES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled. However gusty winds are
still possible with this thunderstorm.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 700 AM CST for southeastern
Louisiana.
LAT...LON 3066 9109 3078 9117 3098 9074 3076 9059
TIME...MOT...LOC 0857Z 245DEG 49KT 3080 9090
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 10:53 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | LIX | 4 hr | |
| Jan 20, 11:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana | 29 min |
| Jan 20, 11:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana | 30 min |
| Jan 20, 11:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | West Feliciana | 32 min |
| Jan 21, 1:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana | 24 min |
| Jan 21, 1:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana | 34 min |
| Jan 21, 1:51 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Tangipahoa | 39 min |
| Jan 21, 2:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, Saint Helena, West Feliciana | 46 min |
| Jan 21, 2:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Livingston, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa | 25 min |
| Jan 21, 2:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa, Washington | 32 min |
| Jan 21, 2:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Washington | 33 min |
| Jan 21, 2:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington | 48 min |
| Jan 21, 3:02 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Washington | 13 min |
| Jan 21, 3:04 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Washington | 15 min |
| Jan 21, 3:28 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LIX | East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge | 2 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:37 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Saint Helena | 38 min |
| Jan 21, 3:40 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LIX | 35 hr | |
| Jan 21, 4:45 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Ascension, Livingston, Tangipahoa | 60 min |
| Jan 21, 5:00 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Washington | 30 min |
| Jan 21, 5:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Washington | 38 min |
| Jan 21, 5:24 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 96 min | |
| Jan 21, 6:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Orleans | 37 min |
| Jan 21, 6:38 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 37 min | |
| Jan 21, 10:58 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LIX | Saint Helena | 33 hr |
| Jan 21, 11:03 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 13 days |
| Jan 21, 3:44 PM CST | Gale Warning | LIX | 41 hr | |
| Jan 21, 4:33 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Orleans | 42 min |
| Jan 21, 4:51 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 24 min | |
| Jan 21, 4:54 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Saint John the Baptist | 36 min |
| Jan 21, 4:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Charles | 19 min |
| Jan 21, 5:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Orleans | 13 min |
| Jan 21, 5:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Charles | 7 min |
| Jan 21, 5:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 29 min |
| Jan 21, 5:20 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 40 min | |
| Jan 21, 5:42 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 33 min | |
| Jan 21, 5:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana | 28 min |
| Jan 21, 5:52 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 38 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.