Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2001
Tornado Warning 37, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2001, 5:37 AM CDT for Jackson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report 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
- Jun 11, 2001, 5:37 AM CDT (10:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2001, 6:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jackson County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 5:55 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 M | Pascagoula, MS |
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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 106 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.
000 WFUS54 KLIX 111039 TORNEW MSC059-111115- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 537 AM CDT MON JUN 11 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 615 AM CDT * AT 531 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR BILOXI MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE BILOXI POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED TWO TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS IN THE CITY AT 535 AM CDT. THE COMMUNITIES OF OCEAN SPRINGS AND VANCLEAVE ARE IN TH PATH OF THIS STORM. 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.
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, 5:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 36 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, 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.