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Tornado Warning 37, NWS New Orleans, LA

August 8, 2000Hancock County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Aug 8, 2000, 4:59 PM CDT for Hancock County, Mississippi. It was in force for 31 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
Aug 8, 2000, 4:59 PM CDT (21:59 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2000, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Hancock County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2000-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2236 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 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
2236 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
657 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-10 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.

000 
WFUS54 KLIX 082201
TORNEW

MSC045-082230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
459 PM CDT TUE AUG 8 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 450 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A TORNADO OVER HANCOCK COUNTY...NEAR HIGHWAY 53 JUST NORTH OF      
  NECAISE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY 
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A 
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE 
IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.

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.K

LAT...LON 3063 8952 3053 8946 3059 8936 3064 8938

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.