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Tornado Warning 5, NWS New Orleans, LA

March 22, 2005Pike County, Walthall County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 22, 2005, 7:05 AM CST for Pike County, Walthall County, Mississippi. It was in force for 25 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: Mar 22, 2005, 7:05 AM CST (13:05 UTC)
Expired: Mar 22, 2005, 7:30 AM CST
In force: 25 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
Mar 22, 6:55 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 108 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 759 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 213 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 265 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000
WFUS54 KLIX 221305
TORLIX
MSC113-147-221330-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0005.050322T1305Z-050322T1330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
705 AM CST TUE MAR 22 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 730 AM CST

* AT 703 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SUMMIT...OR
  ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF MCCOMB...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  RURAL PIKE COUNTY AT 720 AM CST
  RURAL WALTHALL COUNTY AT 720 AM CST

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 1100 AM CST THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3142 9059 3124 9057 3127 8994 3150 8996

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 22, 5:51 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Amite, Pike, Walthall, Wilkinson	54 min
Mar 22, 6:44 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Amite, Pike, Walthall	61 min
Mar 22, 7:27 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Pike, Walthall	33 min
Mar 22, 7:58 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Walthall	17 min
Mar 22, 8:16 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Pearl River	29 min
Mar 22, 8:58 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Pearl River	17 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.