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Tornado Warning 52, NWS New Orleans, LA

April 26, 2005Jackson County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2005, 3:06 PM CDT for Jackson 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: Apr 26, 2005, 3:06 PM CDT (20:06 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 2005, 3:37 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jackson County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 100 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: 702 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 739 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 82 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 228 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 156 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 4.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLIX 262007
TORLIX
MSC059-262045-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0052.050426T2006Z-050426T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
306 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OCEAN SPRINGS...MOSS POINT...
  ESCATAWPA

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 302 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF
  OCEAN SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  GAUTIER BY 325 PM CDT
  MOSS POINT AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF ESCATAWPA BY 335 PM CDT

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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.

LAT...LON 3053 8886 3039 8887 3037 8842 3052 8842

$$

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1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KLIX 262037
SVSLIX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
334 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2005

MSC059-262044-
/O.CAN.KLIX.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-050426T2045Z/
JACKSON MS-
334 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR JACKSON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM THAT IS MOVING THROUGH JACKSON COUNTY HAS DECREASED
IN INTENSITY AND IS NO LONGER SHOWING SIGNS OF A TORNADO ON RADAR 
AND IS NO LONGER SEVERE...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3053 8886 3039 8887 3037 8842 3052 8842

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 26, 1:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Walthall	43 min
Apr 26, 1:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Pearl River	38 min
Apr 26, 1:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Pearl River	38 min
Apr 26, 2:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Hancock, Harrison
Apr 26, 2:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Harrison	35 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.