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Tornado Warning 14, NWS New Orleans, LA

July 25, 1997Hancock County, Harrison County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Jul 25, 1997, 4:40 AM CDT for Hancock County, Harrison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 25, 1997, 4:40 AM CDT (09:40 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 1997, 5:15 AM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hancock County, MS, Harrison County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 44 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 1997-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3074 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 1997-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
3074 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1035 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KNEW 250939 RRA
TORNEW
MSC045-047-251015-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
440 AM CDT FRI JUL 25 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 AM CDT
FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY
 
AT 437 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR THE NORTHERN
HARRISON-HANCOCK COUNTY LINE NEAR HIGHWAY 53...OR 15 MILES
NORTH-NORTHEAST OF KILN. THIS STORM WAS DRIFTING TO THE WEST AT ABOUT 5
MPH.
 
PERSONS LIVING ALONG HIGHWAY 53 NEAR THE SELLERS AND NECAISE COMMUNITIES
SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.