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Tornado Warning 73, NWS New Orleans, LA

July 5, 2005Hancock County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 2005, 5:21 PM CDT for Hancock County, Mississippi. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 5, 2005, 5:21 PM CDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2005, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hancock County, MS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 5, 5:35 PM CDT	TORNADO	1 Ne Diamondhead, MS	REPORTED BY HANCOCK S.O.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 5, 2:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 26 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLIX 052222
TORLIX
MSC045-052245-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0073.050705T2221Z-050705T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
521 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 CITIES OF...WAVELAND...DIAMONDHEAD

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 517 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD OVER THE 
BAY ST LOUIS POST OFFICE MOVING NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH. THEY NOTED THE 
FUNNEL CLOUD WAS GETTING LARGER AND MAY BE TOUCHING DOWN SHORTLY. 

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  KILN BY 530 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 MIDNIGHT CDT WEDNESDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3046 8968 3046 8965 3049 8963 3052 8959
      3053 8953 3063 8953 3042 8935 3033 8931
      3025 8941 3024 8940 3022 8943

$$

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1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KLIX 052238
SVSLIX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
537 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2005

MSC045-052245-
/O.CON.KLIX.TO.W.0073.000000T0000Z-050705T2245Z/
HANCOCK MS-
537 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR HANCOCK COUNTY...

AT 533 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS 
LOCATED JUST NORTHEAST OF DIAMONDHEAD...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER NOW

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT WEDNESDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3046 8968 3046 8965 3049 8963 3052 8959
      3053 8953 3063 8953 3042 8935 3033 8931
      3025 8941 3024 8940 3022 8943

$$

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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
Jul 5, 2:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Hancock, Harrison	29 min
Jul 5, 2:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Hancock, Harrison	27 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.