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Tornado Warning 9, NWS New Orleans, LA

March 2, 2001Walthall County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2001, 2:02 PM CST for Walthall County, Mississippi. It was in force for 18 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 2, 2001, 2:02 PM CST (20:02 UTC)
Expired: Mar 2, 2001, 2:20 PM CST
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Walthall 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 2, 11:30 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 948 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 584 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 4.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLIX 022003
TORNEW
MSC147-022020-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
202 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 220 PM CST

* AT 200 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
TORNADO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEXTER.

THIS STORM IS MOVING NORHTEAST AT 35 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 3117 9017 3102 9006 3115 8975 3133 8986

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 1, 6:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Pike, Walthall	33 min
Mar 1, 6:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Pike, Walthall	32 min
Mar 2, 1:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Walthall	30 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.