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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 279, NWS New Orleans, LA

November 8, 2000Amite County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 8, 2000, 9:28 PM CST for Amite County, Mississippi. It was in force for 47 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
Nov 8, 2000, 9:28 PM CST (03:28 UTC)
Expired
Nov 8, 2000, 10:15 PM CST
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Amite County, MS

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 8, 6:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 145 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2000-11-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1244 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2000-11-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 277 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
1244 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
669 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
277 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
284 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.2
Supercell composite
8.5

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KLIX 090330
SVRNEW
MSC005-090415-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
928 PM CST WED NOV 8 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  AMITE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1015 PM CST

* AT 926 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EAST FELICIANA PARISH...OR ABOUT 6 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF CLINTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
STREET AT 940 PM CST
NEAR LIBERTY AT 948 PM CST

AT 920 PM TREES WERE REPORTED DOWNED BY DAMAGING WINDS IN CLINTON 
LOUISIANA BY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...SEEK 
SHELTER NOW!

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN NEW ORLEANS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS New Orleans, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Nov 8, 3:01 PM CST, 6 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 8, 3:01 PM CST, 6 hours 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA
300 PM CST NOV 08 2000

SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED UNTIL EARLY THU MORNING.
WARM MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL PERSIST AHEAD OF THE ADVANCING
SQUALL LINE AND COLD FRONT. EXPECT THE FRONT TO BEGIN ACCELERATING
EAST ONCE THE SURFACE LOW MOVES INTO NORTHEAST LOUISIANA. EXPECT THE
SQUALL LINE TO MOVE INTO THE WESTERN PART OF THE CWA...BATON ROUGH
AREA... BETWEEN 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE EAST INTO THE NEW
ORLEANS AREA AROUND 3 AM THU MORNING. BY THIS TIME THE FRONT AND
SQUALL LINE SHOULD BE MOVING ON RAPIDLY EASTWARD WITH WITH SKIES
CLEARING RAPIDLY FROM THE WEST DURING THE DAY THU. TEMPS MAY BE A
LITTLE OFF DUE TO THE TIMING OF THE FRONT. WENT PRIMARILY WITH THE
MOS GUIDANCE FROM THE MRF FOR TEMPS AND POPS IN THE EXTENDED PORTION
OF THE FORECAST. EXPECT HEAVY RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES. SEE NO
THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT FLOODING SINCE THE FRONT WILL BE MOVING EAST
AT 15 TO 20 KT AND INDIVIDUAL TSTMS WILL BE MOVING NORTHEAST IN
EXCESS OF 25 KT. NO STRONG THICKNESS DIFFLUENCE OR TRAINING EXPECTED
TO PERSIST FOR ANY EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.

MCB BU 054/060 040/065 042 17+10
BTR BU 055/062 040/067 044 17+10
MSY BU 058/063 049/066 049 17920
GPT CU 065/067 046/066 043 17940

.NEW...SCA PASCAGOULA TO ATCHAFALAYA RIVER INCLUDING LAKES
PONTCHARTRAIN AND MAUREPAS.
LA...NONE.
MS...NONE.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 8, 10:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPike67 min
Nov 8, 10:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWalthall67 min
Nov 9, 12:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPearl River27 min
Nov 9, 12:31 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXPearl River29 min
Nov 9, 1:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHarrison55 min
Nov 9, 2:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXJackson62 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.