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Tornado Warning 65, NWS New Orleans, LA

June 17, 2005Harrison County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2005, 4:00 PM CDT for Harrison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 30 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
Jun 17, 2005, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2005, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Harrison County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 75 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 2005-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 276 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 2005-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
276 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-134 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1470 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLIX 172101
TORLIX
MSC047-172130-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0065.050617T2100Z-050617T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
400 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 356 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD   
  OVER HARRISON COUNTY...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF BILOXI...OR   
  NEAR WOOL MARKET...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  DIBERVILLE AT 410 PM CDT

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

LAT...LON 3061 8904 3044 8910 3044 8888 3058 8888

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPearl River64 min
Jun 17, 4:16 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXJackson44 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.