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Tornado Warning 23, NWS New Orleans, LA

September 6, 2002Harrison County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Sep 6, 2002, 6:18 PM CDT for Harrison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 18 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 6, 2002, 6:18 PM CDT (23:18 UTC)
Expired
Sep 25, 2002, 5:00 AM CDT
In force
18 days
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Harrison County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 91 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 2002-09-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 537 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 2002-09-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 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
537 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1188 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 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.

069 
WFUS54 KLIX 062318
TORNEW
MSC047-062345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
617 PM CDT FRI SEP 6 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...GULFPORT...BILOXI

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 614 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO IN GULF NEAR 
  GULFPORT...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   GULFPORT AT 622 PM CDT
   LYMAN AT 635 PM CDT
   SAUCIER AT 645 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 3036 8910 3051 8932 3064 8932 3064 8923
          3068 8922 3068 8916 3042 8887

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 6, 6:03 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXHancock, Pearl River18 days

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.