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Tornado Warning 34, NWS New Orleans, LA

June 30, 2003Jackson County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Jun 30, 2003, 8:49 PM CDT for Jackson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 26 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
Jun 30, 2003, 8:49 PM CDT (01:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2003, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jackson County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 30, 3:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 122 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 2003-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 428 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 2003-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 121 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
428 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
575 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
150 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.

976 
WFUS54 KLIX 010149
TORNEW
MSC059-010215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
849 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ESCATAWPA

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 845 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR GAUTIER...OR 
  ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF PASCAGOULA...MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   VANCLEAVE...ESCATAWPA AT 855 PM CDT
   WADE AT 905 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 3032 8878 3030 8857 3155 8830 3159 8862

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 7:14 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXHancock, Pearl River31 min
Jun 30, 7:44 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXHancock31 min
Jun 30, 7:50 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXHarrison25 min
Jun 30, 8:12 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXHarrison, Jackson33 min
Jun 30, 9:31 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXJackson29 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.