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Tornado Warning 19, NWS New Orleans, LA

April 3, 2000Pearl River County, Mississippi; Washington Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2000, 10:22 AM CDT for Pearl River County, Mississippi; Washington Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 48 min. 2 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
Apr 3, 2000, 10:22 AM CDT (15:22 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2000, 11:10 AM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Washington Parish, LA, Pearl River County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 3, 11:00 AM CDTThunderstorm WindEnon, LASeveral trees were blown down.
Apr 3, 11:00 AM CDTThunderstorm WindFranklinton, LATrees were blown down in Franklinton and Thomas.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 3, 7:00 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 63 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 
WFUS54 KLIX 031522
TORNEW
LAC117-MSC109-031610-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1022 AM CDT MON APR 3 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS LA HAS ISSUED A...
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

   - EASTERN WASHINGTON PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA
   - NORTHERN PEARL RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1110 AM CDT

* AT 1019 AM CDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADO NORTH OF BOGALUSA MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 50 MPH.


* SOME LOCATIONS IN AND NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE...
  VARNADO
  POPLARVILLE

IF YOU ARE IN THESE AREAS...SEEK SHELTER IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOMb
AWAY FROM WINDOWS

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, 11:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPearl River60 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
Apr 2, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPointe Coupee, West Feliciana50 min
Apr 3, 6:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXEast Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, West Baton Rouge80 min
Apr 3, 6:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPointe Coupee, West Feliciana80 min
Apr 3, 7:37 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXEast Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana38 min
Apr 3, 7:53 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXEast Baton Rouge, Livingston, Saint Helena67 min
Apr 3, 8:52 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXAscension, Livingston, Saint Helena53 min
Apr 3, 9:18 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXWashington57 min
Apr 3, 9:42 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXLafourche, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist63 min
Apr 3, 9:48 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXSaint Charles57 min
Apr 3, 10:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Tammany57 min
Apr 3, 10:38 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXSaint Tammany67 min
Apr 3, 1:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAscension, Assumption, Saint James52 min
Apr 3, 1:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXIberville52 min
Apr 3, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Charles, Saint John the Baptist42 min
Apr 3, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXJefferson42 min
Apr 3, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXOrleans, Saint Tammany58 min
Apr 3, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXJefferson, Saint Charles50 min
Apr 3, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXOrleans50 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.