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Tornado Warning 18, NWS New Orleans, LA

October 25, 1997Pike County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Oct 25, 1997, 10:59 PM CDT for Pike County, Mississippi. It was in force for 31 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
Oct 25, 1997, 10:59 PM CDT (03:59 UTC)
Expired
Oct 25, 1997, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Pike County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 1997-10-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3980 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 1997-10-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 191 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
3980 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
525 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
232 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
5.6
Supercell composite
22.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KNEW 260400 RRA
TORNEW
MSC113-260430-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1059 PM CDT SAT OCT 25 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT (1030 PM CST)
FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...EASTERN PIKE COUNTY
 
AT 1059 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLY
CONTAINING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MCCOMB OR 4 MILES EAST OF
MAGNOLIA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL BE
APPROACHING THE HOLMEVILLE COMMUNITY BY 1115 PM.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE
OF STURDY FURNITURE. SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A
CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR CUSHIONS TO
COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 25, 10:24 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXAmite, Pike36 min
Oct 26, 12:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPike28 min
Oct 26, 1:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAmite27 min

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.