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Tornado Warning 15, NWS New Orleans, LA

April 8, 2002Jackson County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 8, 2002, 5:23 PM CDT for Jackson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 37 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
Apr 8, 2002, 5:23 PM CDT (22:23 UTC)
Expired
Apr 8, 2002, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jackson County, MS

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 8, 12:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 12:00Z on 2002-04-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 896 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2002-04-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 247 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
896 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
532 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
247 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
454 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
10.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLIX 082223
TORNEW
MSC059-082300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
523 PM CDT MON APR 8 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ST. MARTIN...OCEAN SPRINGS...
  ESCATAWPA

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 520 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR ST 
  MARTIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   VANCLEAVE AT 535 PM CDT
   ESCATAWPA AT 540 PM CDT
   WADE AT 550 PM CDT

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 3044 8893 3030 8879 3077 8807 3098 8827

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 5:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAmite48 min
Apr 8, 6:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPike39 min
Apr 8, 1:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPike, Walthall62 min
Apr 8, 1:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPearl River, Walthall62 min
Apr 8, 2:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHancock56 min
Apr 8, 3:23 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXHancock97 min
Apr 8, 4:34 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXHarrison86 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.