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Tornado Warning 10, NWS New Orleans, LA

April 7, 2003Hancock County, Pearl River County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 7, 2003, 3:13 PM CDT for Hancock County, Pearl River County, Mississippi. It was in force for 32 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 7, 2003, 3:13 PM CDT (20:13 UTC)
Expired: Apr 7, 2003, 3:45 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hancock County, MS, Pearl River County, MS

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 7, 10:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 35 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1394 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 592 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 163 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 212 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.2
Supercell composite: 8.4

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The text

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

147 
WFUS54 KLIX 072013
TORNEW
MSC045-109-072045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
312 PM CDT MON APR 7 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 309 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PICAYUNE MOVING 
EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE COMMUNIITES OF PICAYUNE AND CAESAR ARE INTHE PATH OF THIS STORM.

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 3039 8963 3053 8975 3079 8948 3061 8934

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 7, 8:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Walthall	52 min
Apr 7, 9:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Walthall	37 min
Apr 7, 9:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Pearl River, Walthall	49 min
Apr 7, 10:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Pearl River	37 min
Apr 7, 2:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Hancock, Pearl River	63 min
Apr 7, 2:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Pearl River	33 min
Apr 7, 3:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Harrison	62 min
Apr 7, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Jackson	44 min

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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.