Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2002
Tornado Warning 41, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Oct 3, 2002, 10:46 AM CDT for Hancock County, Pearl River County, Mississippi. It was in force for 29 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 3, 2002, 10:46 AM CDT (15:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 3, 2002, 11:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hancock County, MS, Pearl River County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 11:00 AM CDT | Tornado F0 | Diamondhead Arpt, MS | A weak tornado touched down briefly downing several trees. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 9:55 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 12 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 40 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
- 855 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 511 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 305 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 407 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 8.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KLIX 031546 TORNEW MSC045-109-031615- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1045 AM CDT THU OCT 3 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... HANCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI PEARL RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PICAYUNE * UNTIL 1115 AM CDT * AT 1040 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PICAYUNE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... MCNEIL AT 1100 AM CDT CROSSROADS AT 1110 AM 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 11:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 22 days |
| Oct 3, 12:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 22 days |
| Oct 3, 12:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 22 days |
| Oct 3, 3:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 22 days |
| Oct 3, 4:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 22 days |
| Oct 3, 4:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 22 days |
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.