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Tornado Warning 29, NWS New Orleans, LA

July 16, 2000Hancock County, Harrison County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Jul 16, 2000, 7:36 PM CDT for Hancock County, Harrison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 24 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: Jul 16, 2000, 7:36 PM CDT (00:36 UTC)
Expired: Jul 16, 2000, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Hancock County, MS, Harrison County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 44 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: 1509 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2011 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 176 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 7.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLIX 170038
TORNEW

MSC045-047-170100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
736 PM CDT SUN JUL 16 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HANCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...BAY ST. LOUIS...DIAMONDHEAD... 
  WAVELAND...KILN
 
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 731 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND PUBLIC 
  REPORTS INDICATED A TORNADO 8 MILES NORTH OF KILN...OR ABOUT 11
  MILES NORTH OF DIAMONDHEAD...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  KILN AND 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF DIAMONDHEAD BY 800 PM CDT

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3061 8933 3060 8954 3014 8957 3015 8926

The office that day

Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 16, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Hancock, Pearl River	67 min
Jul 16, 7:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Jackson	27 min
Jul 17, 2:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Walthall	37 min
Jul 17, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Amite	35 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.