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Tornado Warning 54, NWS New Orleans, LA

November 6, 2000Hancock County, Pearl River County, Mississippi; Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Nov 6, 2000, 2:00 PM CST for Hancock County, Pearl River County, Mississippi; Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 30 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
Nov 6, 2000, 2:00 PM CST (20:00 UTC)
Expired
Nov 6, 2000, 2:30 PM CST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Saint Tammany Parish, LA, Hancock County, MS, Pearl River County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 31 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 2000-11-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 253 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-11-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 201 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
253 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
734 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
233 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

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

421 
WFUS54 KLIX 062005 COR
TORNEW
LAC103-MSC045-109-062030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
200 PM CST MON NOV 6 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST ST. TAMMANY PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  HANCOCK AND PEARL RIVER COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PICAYUNE

* UNTIL 230 PM CST

* AT 155 PM CST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO OVER SLIDELL OR 
  APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF PICAYUNE...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PICAYUNE AT 210 PM CST

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
Nov 6, 2:30 PM CSTTornado WarningLIXHancock30 min
Nov 6, 11:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Tammany30 min
Nov 6, 12:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Tammany25 min
Nov 6, 3:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPlaquemines25 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 2000Tornado Warnings in Louisiana, 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.