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Tornado Warning 8, NWS New Orleans, LA

April 8, 2004Amite County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 8, 2004, 2:06 AM CDT for Amite County, Mississippi. It was in force for 24 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
Apr 8, 2004, 2:06 AM CDT (07:06 UTC)
Expired
Apr 8, 2004, 2:30 AM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Amite County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 2004-04-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1115 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 2004-04-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 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
1115 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1181 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

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

558 
WFUS54 KLIX 080706
TORNEW
MSC005-080730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
205 AM CDT THU APR 8 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT

* AT 202 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 18 MILES WEST OF       
  GILLSBERG...MOVING EAST AT 30 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 3111 9066 3111 9056 3101 9056 3101 9104
          3112 9103 3112 9067

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 1:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAmite, Wilkinson35 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.