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Tornado Warning 3, NWS New Orleans, LA

February 5, 2004Walthall County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Feb 5, 2004, 8:38 PM CST for Walthall County, Mississippi. It was in force for 22 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 5, 2004, 8:38 PM CST (02:38 UTC)
Expired
Feb 5, 2004, 9:00 PM CST
In force
22 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 5, 4:55 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 2004-02-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1068 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 2004-02-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 215 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
1068 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
490 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
215 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
224 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
5.4

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLIX 060238
TORNEW
MSC147-060300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
837 PM CST THU FEB 5 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 900 PM CST

* AT 834 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO JUST SOUTH OF          
  TYLERTOWN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THE COMMUNITY OF DEXTER IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

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 3114 9001 3114 8994 3108 8992 3101 9005
          3101 9018 3111 9026 3116 9019 3125 9003

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 5, 6:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPike, Walthall25 min
Feb 5, 8:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWalthall27 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.