Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2001
Tornado Warning 35, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2001, 5:09 AM CDT for Harrison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 36 min. 1 report came from 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, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 2001, 5:09 AM CDT (10:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2001, 5:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Harrison County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 5:30 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Wool Market, MS | A tree was blown down. |
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 nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 64 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
- 877 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 567 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
960 WFUS54 KLIX 111010 TORNEW MSC047-111045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 509 AM CDT MON JUN 11 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 545 AM CDT * AT 506 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTH OF GULFPORT...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 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 WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. LAT...LON 3048 8916 3034 8903 3032 8890 3064 8910
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 1:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock | 55 min |
| Jun 11, 1:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jackson | 61 min |
| Jun 11, 2:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 3:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 4:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 30 min |
| Jun 11, 4:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 32 min |
| Jun 11, 4:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jackson | 63 min |
| Jun 11, 5:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 60 min |
| Jun 11, 5:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 30 min |
| Jun 11, 5:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 38 min |
| Jun 11, 6:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 36 min |
| Jun 11, 6:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Jackson | 95 min |
| Jun 11, 6:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 31 min |
| Jun 11, 9:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 19 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.