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Tornado Warning 64, NWS New Orleans, LA

December 13, 2000Walthall County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Dec 13, 2000, 4:45 PM CST for Walthall County, Mississippi. 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 outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Dec 13, 2000, 4:45 PM CST (22:45 UTC)
Expired
Dec 13, 2000, 5:15 PM CST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Walthall County, MS

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Dec 13, 4:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 117 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2000-12-13Temperature 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2000-12-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 412 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2070 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
412 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
483 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 132247
TORNEW

MSC147-132315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
445 PM CST WED DEC 13 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WALTHALL COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 515 PM CST

* AT 439 PM CST...AN OFF-DUTY TANGIPAHOA PARISH SHERIFF'S DEPUTY
  REPORTED A TORNADO WITH TREES UPROOTED 2 MILES NORTH OF OSYKA IN 
SOUTHERN PIKE COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST 
PART OF WALTHALL COUNTY MOVING EAST 40 MPH. 

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   DEXTER AT 500 PM CST

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 3132 9007 3130 9010 3126 9011 3122 9019
-          3114 9026 3100 9025 3100 8985 3108 8985
          3114 8993 3114 9000 3119 9004 3130 9004

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 13, 3:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAmite, Pike29 min
Dec 13, 4:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWalthall26 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.