Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2000
Tornado Warning 61, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Nov 9, 2000, 12:31 AM CST for Pearl River County, Mississippi; Washington Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 29 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 9, 2000, 12:31 AM CST (06:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 9, 2000, 1:00 AM CST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Washington Parish, LA, Pearl River County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 1:10 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Poplarville, MS | Thunderstorm winds caused extensive damage to a portion of the roof of a house, damaged two mobile house and several outbuildings. Several pine trees were also blown 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 12:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 63 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 709 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 796 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 4.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KLIX 090633 TORNEW LAC117-MSC109-090700- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1231 AM CST THU NOV 9 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WASHINGTON PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BOGALUSA PEARL RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 100 AM CST * AT 1229 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR BOGALUSA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... BOGALUSA AT 1235 AM CST 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF CROSSROADS AT 1240 AM CST 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VARNADO AT 1250 AM 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CST THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CST THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 9:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite | 47 min |
| Nov 8, 10:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pike | 67 min |
| Nov 8, 10:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Walthall | 67 min |
| Nov 9, 12:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 27 min |
| Nov 9, 1:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison | 55 min |
| Nov 9, 2:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jackson | 62 min |
| Nov 8, 8:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, Iberville, West Baton Rouge | 28 min |
| Nov 8, 8:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana | 31 min |
| Nov 8, 8:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | West Baton Rouge | 35 min |
| Nov 8, 9:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | East Feliciana | 33 min |
| Nov 8, 10:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Terrebonne | 27 min |
| Nov 8, 10:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Lafourche | 29 min |
| Nov 8, 11:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Charles | 19 min |
| Nov 8, 11:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard | 57 min |
| Nov 8, 11:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Lafourche | 57 min |
| Nov 8, 11:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa | 31 min |
| Nov 8, 11:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 41 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.