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Tornado Warning 31, NWS New Orleans, LA

July 22, 2000Harrison County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Jul 22, 2000, 4:54 PM CDT for Harrison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Jul 22, 2000, 4:54 PM CDT (21:54 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 2000, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Harrison County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 69 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 2000-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2327 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 2000-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -38 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2327 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
754 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

082 
WFUS54 KLIX 222154
TORNEW
MSC047-222230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
454 PM CDT SAT JUL 22 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...BILOXI...GULFPORT

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 449 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO OVER DELISLE OR
  ABOUT 4 MILES NORTH OF GULFPORT...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  2 MILES EAST OF GULFPORT AT 500 PM CDT

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 3053 8897 3048 8917 3002 8907 3010 8877

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHancock, Harrison65 min
Jul 22, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAmite59 min
Jul 22, 4:42 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXHancock48 min
Jul 22, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWilkinson59 min
Jul 22, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXJackson40 min
Jul 22, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPearl River49 min
Jul 22, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWalthall32 min
Jul 22, 5:47 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXHancock, Pearl River28 min
Jul 22, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHancock37 min
Jul 22, 6:32 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXHancock28 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 2000Every tornado warning in 2000Tornadoes 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.