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Tornado Warning 16, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 12, 2001, 10:27 AM CST for Pearl River County, Mississippi. It was in force for 33 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 12, 2001, 10:27 AM CST (16:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2001, 11:00 AM CST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Pearl River County, MS
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 6:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Mar 12, 10:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 71 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1587 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 469 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 367 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 453 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.1
- Supercell composite
- 19.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
804
WFUS54 KLIX 121629
TORNEW
MSC109-121700-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1027 AM CST MON MAR 12 2001
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
PEARL RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
* UNTIL 1100 AM CST
* AT 1015 AM CST...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN MILLARD WITH DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...TREES AND POWERLINES DOWNED.
THE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THE COMMUNITIES OF SAVANNAH AND SILVER RUN ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
TORNADO.
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 3088 8934 3091 8947 3092 8948 3092 8951
3088 8951 3084 8955 3075 8956 3069 8934The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 10:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 62 min |
| Mar 12, 1:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 40 min |
| Mar 12, 4:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 14 min |
| Mar 12, 5:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Walthall | 31 min |
| Mar 12, 7:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pike | 40 min |
| Mar 12, 7:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Walthall | 34 min |
| Mar 12, 8:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike | 30 min |
| Mar 12, 9:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pike, Walthall | 44 min |
| Mar 12, 9:26 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Walthall | 34 min |
| Mar 12, 9:56 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 34 min |
| Mar 12, 10:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock | 55 min |
| Mar 12, 10:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 50 min |
| Mar 12, 11:07 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 23 min |
| Mar 12, 11:11 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 34 min |
| Mar 12, 11:36 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 24 min |
| Mar 12, 1:02 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Harrison | 118 min |
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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.