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Tornado Warning 29, NWS New Orleans, LA

November 24, 2004Walthall County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Nov 24, 2004, 2:00 AM CST for Walthall County, Mississippi. It was in force for 15 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, 2:00 AM CST (08:00 UTC)
Expired: Nov 24, 2004, 2:15 AM CST
In force: 15 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Walthall 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
Nov 24, 12:45 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 111 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: 1370 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 857 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 185 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 198 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.9
Supercell composite: 6.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLIX 240800
TORLIX
MSC147-240815-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 215 AM CST

* AT 156 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER WALTHALL
  COUNTY...ABOUT 19 MILES EAST OF MCCOMB...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40   
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  NORTHERN WALTHALL 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 3134 9024 3124 9014 3132 9003 3137 9012

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 24, 12:46 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Hancock, Pearl River	44 min
Nov 24, 1:40 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Pearl River	20 min
Nov 24, 2:01 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Wilkinson	59 min
Nov 24, 2:26 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Walthall	34 min
Nov 24, 2:32 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Amite	58 min
Nov 24, 2:35 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Pearl River	40 min
Nov 24, 2:52 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Pike	53 min
Nov 24, 3:33 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Pearl River	27 min
Nov 24, 3:38 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Walthall	37 min
Nov 24, 3:53 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Hancock	37 min
Nov 24, 4:13 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Pearl River	32 min
Nov 24, 4:19 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Hancock, Harrison	26 min
Nov 24, 4:44 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Pearl River	61 min
Nov 24, 4:44 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Harrison	31 min
Nov 24, 4:47 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Hancock	58 min
Nov 24, 5:10 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Hancock, Harrison	50 min
Nov 24, 5:55 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Harrison, Jackson	50 min
Nov 24, 6:41 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Jackson	49 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.