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Tornado Warning 62, NWS New Orleans, LA

November 24, 2000Hancock County, Harrison County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Nov 24, 2000, 8:40 AM CST for Hancock County, 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 outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued: Nov 24, 2000, 8:40 AM CST (14:40 UTC)
Expired: Nov 24, 2000, 9:15 AM CST
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Hancock County, MS, Harrison County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 29 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 265 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 623 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 421 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 552 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 4.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLIX 241442
TORNEW

MSC045-047-241515-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
840 AM CST FRI NOV 24 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 915 AM CST

* AT 837 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTH OF 
WAVELAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE CITIES OF WAVELAND...BAY ST. LOUIS...DE LISLE AND GULFPORT ARE 
IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY
OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN NEW ORLEANS.

LAT...LON 3016 8956 3007 8938 3044 8913 3054 8936

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 24, 9:15 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Harrison	30 min
Nov 24, 9:41 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Harrison	34 min
Nov 24, 9:48 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Jackson	27 min
Nov 24, 11:06 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Jackson	39 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.