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Tornado Warning 27, NWS New Orleans, LA

November 24, 2004Pearl River County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Nov 24, 2004, 1:40 AM CST for Pearl River County, Mississippi. It was in force for 20 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
Nov 24, 2004, 1:40 AM CST (07:40 UTC)
Expired
Nov 24, 2004, 2:00 AM CST
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pearl River County, MS

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 24, 12:45 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 56 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 2004-11-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 866 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 2004-11-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
866 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
805 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
2.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLIX 240740
TORLIX
MSC109-240800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
138 AM CST WED NOV 24 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 200 AM CST

* AT 136 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO ABOUT 14
  MILES SOUTH OF POPLARVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THIS STORM WILL MOVE OVER RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEAST PEARL RIVER
  COUNTY.

SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR 
HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3066 8954 3064 8946 3067 8933 3088 8933

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 24, 12:46 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXHancock, Pearl River44 min
Nov 24, 2:00 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXWalthall15 min
Nov 24, 2:01 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWilkinson59 min
Nov 24, 2:26 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXWalthall34 min
Nov 24, 2:32 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAmite58 min
Nov 24, 2:35 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXPearl River40 min
Nov 24, 2:52 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPike53 min
Nov 24, 3:33 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXPearl River27 min
Nov 24, 3:38 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXWalthall37 min
Nov 24, 3:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHancock37 min
Nov 24, 4:13 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPearl River32 min
Nov 24, 4:19 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXHancock, Harrison26 min
Nov 24, 4:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPearl River61 min
Nov 24, 4:44 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXHarrison31 min
Nov 24, 4:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHancock58 min
Nov 24, 5:10 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXHancock, Harrison50 min
Nov 24, 5:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHarrison, Jackson50 min
Nov 24, 6:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXJackson49 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.