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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS New Orleans, LA

April 3, 2000Pearl River County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2000, 11:00 AM CDT for Pearl River County, Mississippi. It was in force for 60 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
Apr 3, 2000, 11:00 AM CDT (16:00 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2000, 12:00 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Pearl River County, MS

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 3, 7:00 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 59 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 2000-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1735 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2000-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 250 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1735 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
544 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
250 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
318 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.0
Supercell composite
12.5

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KLIX 031605 COR
SVRNEW
MSC109-031700-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTION FOR LOCATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1100 AM CDT MON APR 3 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PEARL RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL NOON CDT

* AT 1100 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED    
  A LINE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH 60 MPH WIND GUSTS LOCATED OVER    
  WESTERN PEARL RIVER COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  POPLARVILLE
  MCNEILL
  PICAYUNE
   
THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS 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
Apr 2, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWilkinson49 min
Apr 2, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWilkinson64 min
Apr 2, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAmite64 min
Apr 2, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAmite, Pike51 min
Apr 2, 9:05 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXPike, Walthall25 min
Apr 2, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWalthall30 min
Apr 2, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAmite20 min
Apr 2, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPike, Walthall30 min
Apr 2, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAmite30 min
Apr 2, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPike, Walthall35 min
Apr 3, 7:53 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXAmite67 min
Apr 3, 8:30 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXPike60 min
Apr 3, 9:07 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXWalthall53 min
Apr 3, 10:22 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXPearl River48 min
Apr 3, 11:13 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXHancock, Pearl River62 min
Apr 3, 11:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHarrison38 min
Apr 3, 12:07 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXHarrison23 min
Apr 3, 12:15 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXHancock30 min
Apr 3, 12:27 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXHarrison23 min
Apr 3, 1:14 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXHarrison46 min
Apr 3, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHancock, Pearl River67 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.