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Tornado Warning 76, NWS New Orleans, LA

July 5, 2005Pearl River County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 2005, 6:33 PM CDT for Pearl River County, Mississippi. It was in force for 27 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, 6:33 PM CDT (23:33 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2005, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pearl River 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
Jul 5, 2:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 64 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 052333
TORLIX
MSC109-060000-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0076.050705T2333Z-050706T0000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  PEARL RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF POPLARVILLE

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 630 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF POPLARVILLE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  POPLARVILLE BY 700 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 3101 8954 3069 8934 3066 8934 3066 8934
      3066 8953 3063 8954 3067 8959 3086 8976
      3100 8972 3100 8956

$$
24

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KLIX 052355
SVSLIX

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

MSC109-060000-
/O.CON.KLIX.TO.W.0076.000000T0000Z-050706T0000Z/
PEARL RIVER MS-
653 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR PEARL RIVER
COUNTY...

AT 651 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A WEAK ROTATION IN A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  
THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTH OF POPLARVILLE...MOVING 
NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF POPLARVILLE BY 700 PM CDT

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

LAT...LON 3101 8954 3069 8934 3066 8934 3066 8934
      3066 8953 3063 8954 3067 8959 3086 8976
      3100 8972 3100 8956

$$

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, 5:21 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

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.