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Tornado Warning 33, NWS New Orleans, LA

April 6, 2005Harrison County, Jackson County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 6, 2005, 12:26 PM CDT for Harrison County, Jackson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 34 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 6, 2005, 12:26 PM CDT (17:26 UTC)
Expired
Apr 6, 2005, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Harrison County, MS, Jackson County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:27 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 6, 7:00 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Apr 6, 11:05 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 12:00Z on 2005-04-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1199 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 12:00Z on 2005-04-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 199 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
1199 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
645 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
199 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
279 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
8.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLIX 061726
TORLIX
MSC047-059-061800-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0033.050406T1726Z-050406T1800Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1226 PM CDT WED APR 6 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ST. MARTIN...GULFPORT...BILOXI
  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PASCAGOULA...OCEAN SPRINGS...MOSS
  POINT...ESCATAWPA

* UNTIL 100 PM CDT

* AT 1219 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR GULFPORT...
  MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  ST. MARTIN BY 1235 PM CDT
  OCEAN SPRINGS BY 1240 PM CDT
  GULF PARK ESTATES BY 1245 PM CDT
  GAUTIER BY 1255 PM CDT
  MOSS POINT...ESCATAWPA AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF PASCAGOULA BY 100
  PM CDT

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3041 8910 3024 8904 3036 8841 3060 8841

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 6:58 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXPike62 min
Apr 6, 7:54 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXPike, Walthall66 min
Apr 6, 8:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWilkinson47 min
Apr 6, 8:53 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXWalthall22 min
Apr 6, 8:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWilkinson50 min
Apr 6, 8:58 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXPike, Walthall32 min
Apr 6, 9:25 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXAmite, Pike35 min
Apr 6, 10:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHancock, Harrison63 min
Apr 6, 11:31 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXHancock, Harrison29 min
Apr 6, 11:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHarrison, Jackson62 min
Apr 6, 12:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWilkinson25 min
Apr 6, 1:03 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXJackson27 min
Apr 6, 1:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWilkinson25 min
Apr 6, 1:30 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXJackson30 min
Apr 6, 1:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPike, Walthall22 min
Apr 6, 2:00 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXJackson30 min
Apr 6, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAmite, Wilkinson20 min
Apr 6, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWalthall15 min
Apr 6, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWilkinson16 min
Apr 6, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAmite, Wilkinson34 min
Apr 6, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXJackson36 min
Apr 6, 6:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXJackson3 hr

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.