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Tornado Warning 15, NWS New Orleans, LA

June 5, 1998Pearl River County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 1998, 11:20 PM CDT for Pearl River County, Mississippi. It was in force for 15 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
Jun 5, 1998, 11:20 PM CDT (04:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 1998, 11:35 PM CDT
In force
15 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
Jun 5, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 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 00:00Z on 1998-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2997 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 00:00Z on 1998-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2997 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1030 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.6

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The text

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

764 
WFUS1 KNEW 060418 RRA
TORNEW
MSC109-060435-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1120 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS LA HAS ISSUED A...

* TORNADO WARNING FOR
   - PEARL RIVER COUNTY SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1135 AM CDT

* AT 1115 PM CDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES EAST OF POPLARVILLE MOVING EAST
  AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST OVER RURAL
  AREAS OF EASTERN PEARL RIVER COUNTY.


IF YOU ARE IN THESE AREAS...SEEK SHELTER IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM
AWAY FROM WINDOWS

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWilkinson46 min
Jun 5, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAmite48 min
Jun 5, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPike, Walthall62 min
Jun 5, 10:14 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXWalthall26 min
Jun 5, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPearl River49 min
Jun 5, 11:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHancock, Harrison47 min
Jun 5, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXJackson49 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.