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Tornado Warning 50, NWS New Orleans, LA

September 1, 2000Harrison County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Sep 1, 2000, 5:55 PM CDT for Harrison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 35 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
Sep 1, 2000, 5:55 PM CDT (22:55 UTC)
Expired
Sep 1, 2000, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Harrison County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 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 2000-09-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-09-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1707 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 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 012257
TORNEW

MSC047-012330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
555 PM CDT FRI SEP 1 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...LONG BEACH

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 545 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR THE
  HOLIDAY INN ON HIGHWAY 49 AND THE I-10. A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM BILOXI TO 12 MILES NORTH OF LONG BEACH
  TO 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF DIAMONDHEAD...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

* TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE...
  OVER LONG BEACH AT 600 PM CDT
  OVER PASS CHRISTIAN AT 630 PM CDT

SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY
OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER
PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 1, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXJackson61 min
Sep 1, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHarrison37 min
Sep 1, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHancock58 min

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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.