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Tornado Warning 38, NWS New Orleans, LA

June 11, 2001Jackson County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2001, 6:09 AM CDT for Jackson 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, 6:09 AM CDT (11:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2001, 6:45 AM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Jackson County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 11, 6:35 AM CDTTornado F0Hurley, MSA weak tornado snapped off tree tops.

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, 11.2 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2001-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 877 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2001-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -72 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLIX 111113
TORNEW
MSC059-111145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
609 AM CDT MON JUN 11 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 645 AM CDT

* AT 610 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. ONE STORM 
WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF VANCLEAVE WHILE THE OTHER STORM WAS LOCATED 
ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OCEAN SPRINGS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO 
THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE COMMUNITIES OF PASCAGOULA AND 
VANCLEAVE ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS.

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 3051 8886 3036 8874 3059 8832 3077 8846

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 1:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHancock55 min
Jun 11, 1:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXJackson61 min
Jun 11, 2:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXHancock, Pearl River3 hr
Jun 11, 3:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXHarrison, Jackson3 hr
Jun 11, 4:20 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXPearl River30 min
Jun 11, 4:28 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXHarrison32 min
Jun 11, 4:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXJackson63 min
Jun 11, 5:09 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXHarrison36 min
Jun 11, 5:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHancock, Pearl River60 min
Jun 11, 5:30 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXPearl River30 min
Jun 11, 5:37 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXJackson38 min
Jun 11, 6:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXJackson95 min
Jun 11, 6:44 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXJackson31 min
Jun 11, 9:06 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXJackson19 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.