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Tornado Warning 51, NWS New Orleans, LA

September 2, 2000Harrison County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Sep 2, 2000, 6:28 PM CDT for Harrison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 32 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 2, 2000, 6:28 PM CDT (23:28 UTC)
Expired
Sep 2, 2000, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
32 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, 11.5 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 2000-09-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 823 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 2000-09-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 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
823 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-173 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1021 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLIX 022328
TORNEW

MSC047-030000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
628 PM CDT SAT SEP 2 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 627 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO ABOUT 3 MILES 
  NORTHWEST OF GULFPORT...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  GULFPORT AT 635 PM CDT
  4 MILES EAST OF LONG BEACH AT 640 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, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHancock47 min
Sep 2, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHarrison55 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.