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Tornado Warning 22, NWS New Orleans, LA

June 4, 2001Pearl River County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2001, 8:20 PM CDT for Pearl River 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
Jun 4, 2001, 8:20 PM CDT (01:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2001, 8:50 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Pearl River County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 00:00Z on 2001-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 22 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 00:00Z on 2001-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 121 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
22 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-227 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1092 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 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 050122
TORNEW
MSC109-050150-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
820 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  PEARL RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF POPLARVILLE...PICAYUNE...MCNEILL
  AND CARRIERE 

* UNTIL 850 PM CDT

* AT 817 PM CDT...PICAYUNE POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 
LOWERING FROM A THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF PICAYUNE.  ALSO DOPPLER
RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM FORMING 15 TO 20 MILES 
SOUTHWEST OF POPLARVILLE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY BE 
ASSOCIATED WITH THESE SEVERE STORMS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH 
25 TO 30 MPH.

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 WEAT0HER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE.

LAT...LON 3074 8982 3051 8970 3091 8946 3099 8966

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 7:40 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXPearl River35 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.