Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 2002, 3:23 AM CST for Walthall County, Mississippi. It was in force for 22 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 26, 2002, 3:23 AM CST (09:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2002, 3:45 AM CST
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Walthall County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 3:45 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbia, MS | Numerous trees were blown down on Kokomo Road. |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 12:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 1444 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 554 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KLIX 260923 SVRNEW MSC147-260945- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 320 AM CST TUE MAR 26 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WALTHALL COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 345 AM CST * AT 320 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER TYLERTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. LAT...LON 3115 9023 3098 9018 3105 8972 3127 8978
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 1:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite | 41 min |
| Mar 26, 1:50 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike | 25 min |
| Mar 26, 2:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pike | 31 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.