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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS New Orleans, LA

September 2, 2000Harrison County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 2, 2000, 5:50 PM CDT for Harrison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 55 min. 3 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
Sep 2, 2000, 5:50 PM CDT (22:50 UTC)
Expired
Sep 2, 2000, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Harrison County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 2, 6:16 PM CDTThunderstorm WindSaucier, MSSeveral trees and powerlines were blown down.
Sep 2, 6:24 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61 ELyman, MS
Sep 2, 6:25 PM CDTTornado F0Orange Grove, MSA weak torando briefly touched down near Canal Road knocking down several trees.

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 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 62 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 2000-09-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 823 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 12:00Z on 2000-09-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 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
823 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-173 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1021 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KLIX 022251
SVRNEW
MSC047-022345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
550 PM CDT SAT SEP 2 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...BILOXI...GULFPORT...LONG BEACH

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 546 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF SAUCIER...OR ALONG      
  HIGHWAY 49...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  4 MILES EAST OF LYMAN AT 615 PM CDT
  OVER GULFPORT AT 635 PM CDT
  6 MILES EAST OF LONG BEACH AT 640 PM CDT

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER
IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY 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
Sep 1, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHancock47 min
Sep 2, 6:28 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXHarrison32 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.