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Tornado Warning 11, NWS New Orleans, LA

March 3, 2001Hancock County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 3, 2001, 9:21 AM CST for Hancock County, Mississippi. It was in force for 24 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: Mar 3, 2001, 9:21 AM CST (15:21 UTC)
Expired: Mar 3, 2001, 9:45 AM CST
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Hancock County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 26 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: 40 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -187 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 977 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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

009 
WFUS54 KLIX 031523
TORNEW
MSC045-031545-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
921 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME SOUTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE TOWNS OF ANSLEY...LAKESHORE...CLERMONT 
  HARBOR...WAVELAND AND BAY ST LOUIS 

* UNTIL 945 AM CST

* AT 916 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A TORNADO AT THE MOUTH OF THE EAST PEARL RIVER MOVING NORTHEAST AT 
  45 MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL MOVE VERY CLOSE OR OVER THE COASTAL 
  COMMUNITIES OF HANCOCK COUNTY.

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.

LAT...LON 3019 8946 3024 8942 3031 8931 3048 8934
          3055 8942 3052 8947 3047 8950 3045 8955
          3038 8960 3025 8960 3020 8956

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 3, 1:40 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LIX	Pearl River	3 hr
Mar 3, 3:27 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Hancock, Harrison	33 min
Mar 3, 6:35 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LIX	Pearl River	3 hr
Mar 3, 1:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Hancock, Pearl River	60 min
Mar 3, 2:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Walthall	35 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.