Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 45, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 11, 2005, 6:10 PM CDT for Pike County, Walthall County, Mississippi. It was in force for 35 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 11, 2005, 6:10 PM CDT (23:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2005, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Pike County, MS, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 2:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -604 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 650 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 273 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KLIX 112311 TORLIX MSC113-147-112345- /O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0045.050411T2310Z-050411T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 610 PM CDT MON APR 11 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI WALTHALL COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 605 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR GILLSBURG MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... RURAL PIKE COUNTY AT 620 PM CDT RURAL WALTHALL COUNTY AT 640 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 900 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3114 9058 3106 9049 3127 9011 3134 9034 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KLIX 112331 SVSLIX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 630 PM CDT MON APR 11 2005 MSC113-147-112345- /O.CON.KLIX.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-050411T2345Z/ PIKE MS-WALTHALL MS- 630 PM CDT MON APR 11 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR WALTHALL AND PIKE COUNTIES... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES WERE LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF MCCOMB AND THE OTHER NEAR SMITHBURG IN THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF PIKE COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3114 9058 3106 9049 3127 9011 3134 9034 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 5:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike | 41 min |
| Apr 11, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pike | 45 min |
| Apr 11, 6:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Walthall | 41 min |
| Apr 11, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Walthall | 16 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.