Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS New Orleans, LA
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 6:16 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Saucier, MS | Several trees and powerlines were blown down. |
| Sep 2, 6:24 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 E | Lyman, MS | |
| Sep 2, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Orange Grove, MS | A 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock | 47 min |
| Sep 2, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 32 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.