Severe Thunderstorm Warning 288, NWS New Orleans, LA

Issued

Nov 9, 2000, 1:35 AM CST (07:35 UTC)

Expired

Nov 9, 2000, 2:30 AM CST

In force

55 min

Issued by

NWS New Orleans, LA

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Harrison County, MS

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000 
WUUS54 KLIX 090736
SVRNEW
MSC047-090830-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
135 AM CST THU NOV 9 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 230 AM CST

* AT 131 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 8 MILES WEST OF SAUCIER TO 21
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF LONG BEACH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE...
  OVER LONG BEACH...LYMAN...SAUCIER AT 155 AM CST
  OVER GULFPORT AT 215 AM CST
  2 MILES WEST OF BILOXI AT 230 AM CST

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CST THURSDAY MORNING 
FOR SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3069 8891 3069 8922 3064 8924 3065 8933
          3039 8933 3035 8924 3032 8927 3034 8917
          3037 8912 3035 8907 3038 8906 3040 8898
          3040 8887

NWS New Orleans, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Nov 8, 3:01 PM CST, 10 hours 34 minutes earlier.

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

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