Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2002

Tornado Warning 1, NWS New Orleans, LA

March 26, 2002Amite County, Pike County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 26, 2002, 1:50 AM CST for Amite County, Pike County, Mississippi. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 26, 2002, 1:50 AM CST (07:50 UTC)
Expired
Mar 26, 2002, 2:15 AM CST
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Amite County, MS, Pike County, MS

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 26, 12:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 127 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2002-03-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 751 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2002-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
751 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1368 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLIX 260750
TORNEW
MSC005-113-260815-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
148 AM CST TUE MAR 26 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  AMITE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
  PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MCCOMB

* UNTIL 215 AM CST

* AT 144 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  SMITHDALE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF LIBERTY...MOVING EAST 
  AT 30 MPH.  

SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY
OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE.

LAT...LON 3134 9082 3116 9078 3122 9043 3141 9048

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 1:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAmite41 min
Mar 26, 2:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPike31 min
Mar 26, 3:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWalthall22 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 2002Every tornado warning in 2002Tornadoes in 2002

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.