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Tornado Warning 9, NWS New Orleans, LA

April 2, 2000Pike County, Walthall County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 2, 2000, 9:05 PM CDT for Pike County, Walthall County, Mississippi. It was in force for 25 min. 3 reports 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
Apr 2, 2000, 9:05 PM CDT (02:05 UTC)
Expired
Apr 2, 2000, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Pike County, MS, Walthall County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 2, 9:10 PM CDTHail 1Mc Comb, MSHail up to the size of quarters fell along Highway 98.
Apr 2, 9:15 PM CDTThunderstorm WindMc Comb, MSSeveral trees were blown down along Interstate 55 from McComb to Chatawa. Trees fell on two cars.
Apr 2, 9:35 PM CDTThunderstorm WindSalem, MSSeveral trees were blown down around the town of Salem.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 2, 7:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 00:00Z on 2000-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1503 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2000-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 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
1503 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
755 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
4.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLIX 030206
TORNEW
MSC113-147-030230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
905 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 905 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
 DEVELOPING TORNADO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF MAGNOLIA...MOVING EAST AT
 35 TO 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...
  SALEM
  MCCOMB
  MAGNOLIA

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WHICH
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA.

GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR!

IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME...ABANDON IT AND GO TO A NEARBY STURDY
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD!

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY
IN THE WARNED AREA.

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWilkinson49 min
Apr 2, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWilkinson64 min
Apr 2, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAmite64 min
Apr 2, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAmite, Pike51 min
Apr 2, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWalthall30 min
Apr 2, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAmite20 min
Apr 2, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPike, Walthall30 min
Apr 2, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAmite30 min
Apr 2, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPike, Walthall35 min
Apr 3, 7:53 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXAmite67 min
Apr 3, 8:30 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXPike60 min
Apr 3, 9:07 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXWalthall53 min
Apr 3, 10:22 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXPearl River48 min
Apr 3, 11:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPearl River60 min
Apr 3, 11:13 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXHancock, Pearl River62 min
Apr 3, 11:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHarrison38 min
Apr 3, 12:07 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXHarrison23 min
Apr 3, 12:15 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXHancock30 min
Apr 3, 12:27 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXHarrison23 min
Apr 3, 1:14 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXHarrison46 min
Apr 3, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHancock, Pearl River67 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.