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Tornado Warning 45, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Nov 24, 2004, 4:44 AM CST for Harrison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 31 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, 4:44 AM CST (10:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 24, 2004, 5:15 AM CST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Harrison County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 2:50 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 72 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KLIX 241044
TORLIX
MSC047-241115-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
444 AM CST WED NOV 24 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
* UNTIL 515 AM CST
* AT 438 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
SAUCIER... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY
BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN
THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST
LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY 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 3068 8931 3052 8923 3058 8907 3066 8886
3087 8898
$$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, 2:00 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Walthall | 15 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, 4:47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.