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Tornado Warning 94, NWS New Orleans, LA

December 31, 2002Jackson County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Dec 31, 2002, 6:14 AM CST for Jackson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 31 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 31, 2002, 6:14 AM CST (12:14 UTC)
Expired
Dec 31, 2002, 6:45 AM CST
In force
31 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
Dec 31, 2:50 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 2002-12-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2002-12-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -358 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
588 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-358 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-277 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.

000 
WFUS54 KLIX 311214
TORNEW
MSC059-311245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
614 AM CST TUE DEC 31 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 645 AM CST

* AT 612 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER JACKSON COUNTY...
  OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF ESCATAWPA...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.

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

LAT...LON 3070 8858 3053 8852 3064 8801 3086 8809

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 31, 1:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAmite62 min
Dec 31, 2:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPike57 min
Dec 31, 3:01 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPearl River, Walthall59 min
Dec 31, 5:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXJackson53 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.