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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS New Orleans, LA

July 16, 2000Hancock County, Pearl River County, Mississippi

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 16, 7:09 PM CDTThunderstorm WindCountywide, MSNumerous 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 CDTTornado F0Kiln, MSA 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2000-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1509 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 2000-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXJackson27 min
Jul 16, 7:36 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXHancock, Harrison24 min
Jul 17, 2:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWalthall37 min
Jul 17, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAmite35 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.