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Tornado Warning 16, NWS New Orleans, LA

June 3, 2004Wilkinson County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2004, 1:37 AM CDT for Wilkinson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 23 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 3, 2004, 1:37 AM CDT (06:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2004, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wilkinson County, MS

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 2, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 166 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2004-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1765 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2004-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 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
1765 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1291 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLIX 030637
TORNEW
MSC157-030700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
136 AM CDT THU JUN 3 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 200 AM CDT

* AT 135 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER WOODVILLE
  ...MOVING EAST AT 35 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 3106 9107 3104 9134 3121 9134 3122 9123
          3125 9115 3125 9107

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 4:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHancock, Pearl River58 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 2004Every tornado warning in 2004Tornadoes in 2004

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.