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Tornado Warning 91, NWS New Orleans, LA

December 23, 2002Pearl River County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Dec 23, 2002, 8:14 PM CST for Pearl River County, Mississippi. It was in force for 16 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
Dec 23, 2002, 8:14 PM CST (02:14 UTC)
Expired
Dec 23, 2002, 8:30 PM CST
In force
16 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pearl River County, MS

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Dec 23, 6:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 00:00Z on 2002-12-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 18 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 00:00Z on 2002-12-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 658 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
18 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-144 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
472 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
658 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
957 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.7

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The text

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

166 
WFUS54 KLIX 240214
TORNEW
MSC109-240230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
814 PM CST MON DEC 23 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  PEARL RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 830 PM CST

* AT 812 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER PEARL RIVER
  COUNTY...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF POPLARVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45
  MPH.

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 3101 8961 3084 8955 3093 8915 3113 8922

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 23, 7:21 PM CSTTornado WarningLIXPearl River24 min
Dec 23, 7:38 PM CSTTornado WarningLIXPearl River37 min
Dec 24, 1:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWilkinson53 min
Dec 24, 6:18 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXHancock, Harrison27 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.