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Tornado Warning 32, NWS New Orleans, LA

July 22, 2000Hancock County, Pearl River County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Jul 22, 2000, 5:47 PM CDT for Hancock County, Pearl River County, Mississippi. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report came from 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, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 22, 2000, 5:47 PM CDT (22:47 UTC)
Expired: Jul 22, 2000, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Hancock County, MS, Pearl River County, MS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 22, 6:00 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Picayune, MS	Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off of a building which damaged three cars. Trees were also knocked down.

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 nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 30 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: 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.

797 
WFUS54 KLIX 222248
TORNEW
MSC045-109-222315-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HANCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
  PEARL RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PICAYUNE

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 545 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER PICAYUNE...OR ABOUT 3 MILES NORTH OF PICAYUNE...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  5 MILES EAST OF SANTA ROSA AT 607 PM CDT  
  6 MILES WEST OF KILN AT 615 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 3068 8960 3060 8979 3022 8958 3032 8935

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 22, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Hancock, Harrison	65 min
Jul 22, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Amite	59 min
Jul 22, 4:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Hancock	48 min
Jul 22, 4:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Harrison	36 min
Jul 22, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Wilkinson	59 min
Jul 22, 5:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Jackson	40 min
Jul 22, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Pearl River	49 min
Jul 22, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Walthall	32 min
Jul 22, 6:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Hancock	37 min
Jul 22, 6:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Hancock	28 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.