Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2000, 7:08 PM CDT for Hancock County, Pearl River County, Mississippi. It was in force for 67 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 16, 2000, 7:08 PM CDT (00:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2000, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hancock County, MS, Pearl River County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 7:09 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, MS | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across the county. Power was knocked out to all areas north of Interstate 10 for several minutes. |
| Jul 16, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Kiln, MS | A small tornado briefly touched down near Kiln-Delisle Road causing no damage. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 40 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
- 1509 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2011 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KLIX 170008 SVRNEW MSC045-109-170115- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 708 PM CDT SUN JUL 16 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HANCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...DIAMONDHEAD...WAVELAND * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 706 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES NORTH OF KILN...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... OVER KILN AT 745 PM CDT WEST OF DIAMONDHEAD AT 750 PM CDT WEST OF WAVELAND AT 810 PM CDT EAST OF PEARLINGTON AT 815 PM CDT THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS...STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN NEW ORLEANS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jackson | 27 min |
| Jul 16, 7:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 24 min |
| Jul 17, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Walthall | 37 min |
| Jul 17, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite | 35 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.