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Tornado Warning 24, NWS New Orleans, LA

April 3, 2000Harrison County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2000, 12:27 PM CDT for Harrison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 23 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, 12:27 PM CDT (17:27 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2000, 12:50 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Harrison County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 3, 10:30 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 62 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 031727
TORNEW
MSC047-031750-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1227 PM CDT MON APR 3 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWEST HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1250 PM CDT

* AT 1227 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES WEST OF
  SAUCIER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...
  SAUCIER

GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR!

IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME...ABANDON IT AND GO TO A NEARBY STURDY
BUILDING. AS A LAS>T 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.

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, 11:00 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, 1:14 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXHarrison46 min
Apr 3, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHancock, Pearl River67 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.