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Tornado Warning 6, NWS New Orleans, LA

May 28, 1997Pearl River County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at May 28, 1997, 3:47 PM CDT for Pearl River County, Mississippi. It was in force for 28 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
May 28, 1997, 3:47 PM CDT (20:47 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 1997, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Pearl River County, MS

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 28, 1:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 59 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 12:00Z on 1997-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 570 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1997-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 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
570 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-154 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1200 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

197 
WFUS1 KNEW 282051 RRA
TORNEW
MSC109-282115-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
347 PM CDT WED MAY 28 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM CDT
FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...SOUTHERN PEARL RIVER COUNTY
 
AT 347 PM PEARL RIVER COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICER REPORTED A TORNADO IN THE
VICINITY OF CARRIERE. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH.
COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE MCNEIL AND DERBY.
SHERIFFS OFFICE ALSO REPORTED TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN NORTH OF
PICAYUNE.
 
 
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.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPearl River29 min
May 28, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPearl River57 min
May 28, 3:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAmite, Wilkinson56 min
May 28, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAmite18 min
May 28, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPike24 min
May 28, 5:39 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXAmite36 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.