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Tornado Warning 7, NWS New Orleans, LA

March 29, 2000Hancock County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 29, 2000, 12:55 PM CST for Hancock County, Mississippi. It was in force for 65 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
Mar 29, 2000, 12:55 PM CST (18:55 UTC)
Expired
Mar 29, 2000, 2:00 PM CST
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Hancock County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 27 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 2000-03-29Temperature 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2000-03-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 152 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
1754 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLIX 291856
TORNEW
MSC045-292000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1255 PM CST WED MAR 29 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS LA HAS ISSUED A...
TORNADO WARNING FOR

* - HANCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 200 PM CST

* AT 1254 PM CST... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PEARLINGTON...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE TORNADO IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER RURAL AREAS.

IF YOU ARE IN THESE AREAS...SEEK SHELTER IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM
AWAY FROM WINDOWS

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE
OF STURDY FURNITURE. SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A
CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR CUSHIONS TO
COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 29, 12:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPearl River50 min
Mar 29, 2:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXJackson34 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.