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Tornado Warning 15, NWS New Orleans, LA

April 3, 2000Walthall County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2000, 9:07 AM CDT for Walthall County, Mississippi. It was in force for 53 min. 1 report 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: Apr 3, 2000, 9:07 AM CDT (14:07 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2000, 10:00 AM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Whole counties

County Walthall County, MS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 3, 9:30 AM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Countywide, MS	Trees were blown down at scattered locations around the county.

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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 3, 7:00 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 107 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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 
WFUS54 KLIX 031409
TORNEW
MSC147-031500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
907 AM CDT MON APR 3 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WALTHALL COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT

* AT 907 AM CDT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A TORNADO   
  BETWEEN MAGNOLIA AND OSYKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...
  TYLERTOWN
  SALEM

GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR!

IF YOU ARE IN A CAR...ABANDON IT AND GO TO A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING.
AS A LAST RESORT...LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD!

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
Apr 2, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Wilkinson	49 min
Apr 2, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Wilkinson	64 min
Apr 2, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Amite	64 min
Apr 2, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Amite, Pike	51 min
Apr 2, 9:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Pike, Walthall	25 min
Apr 2, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Walthall	30 min
Apr 2, 10:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Amite	20 min
Apr 2, 10:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Pike, Walthall	30 min
Apr 2, 10:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Amite	30 min
Apr 2, 10:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Pike, Walthall	35 min
Apr 3, 7:53 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Amite	67 min
Apr 3, 8:30 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Pike	60 min
Apr 3, 10:22 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Pearl River	48 min
Apr 3, 11:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Pearl River	60 min
Apr 3, 11:13 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Hancock, Pearl River	62 min
Apr 3, 11:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Harrison	38 min
Apr 3, 12:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Harrison	23 min
Apr 3, 12:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Hancock	30 min
Apr 3, 12:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Harrison	23 min
Apr 3, 1:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Harrison	46 min
Apr 3, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Hancock, Pearl River	67 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.