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Tornado Warning 71, NWS New Orleans, LA

July 5, 2005Hancock County, Harrison County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 2005, 2:16 PM CDT for Hancock County, Harrison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 29 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: Jul 5, 2005, 2:16 PM CDT (19:16 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2005, 2:45 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hancock County, MS, Harrison County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 43 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: 1482 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 613 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 26 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 051916
TORLIX
MSC045-047-051945-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0071.050705T1916Z-050705T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
216 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HANCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DIAMONDHEAD
  HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT

* AT 213 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PASS
  CHRISTIAN...OR ABOUT NEAR LONG BEACH...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  DIAMONDHEAD BY 235 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.

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.

LAT...LON 3023 8923 3028 8914 3050 8928 3038 8944

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 5, 2:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Hancock, Harrison	27 min
Jul 5, 5:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Hancock	24 min
Jul 5, 5:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Hancock	26 min
Jul 5, 6:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Pearl River	26 min
Jul 5, 6:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Pearl River	27 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.