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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS New Orleans, LA

February 24, 2004Jackson County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 24, 2004, 12:09 AM CST for Jackson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 21 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
Feb 24, 2004, 12:09 AM CST (06:09 UTC)
Expired
Feb 24, 2004, 12:30 AM CST
In force
21 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), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 2004-02-24Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2004-02-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -179 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
630 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-179 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-156 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.

693 
WUUS54 KLIX 240609
SVRNEW
MSC059-240630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1209 AM CST TUE FEB 24 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1230 AM CST

* AT 1204 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHWEST JACKSON COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 
  35 TO 40 MPH.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH LARGE HAIL...STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

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

LAT...LON 3076 8891 3059 8886 3067 8837 3087 8842

$$

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.