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Tornado Warning 86, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Aug 29, 2005, 3:09 AM CDT for Hancock County, Mississippi. It was in force for 36 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
- Aug 29, 2005, 3:09 AM CDT (08:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2005, 3:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Hancock 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 2:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 22 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1069 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 802 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 254 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 343 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KLIX 290810
TORLIX
MSC045-290845-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0086.050829T0809Z-050829T0845Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
309 AM CDT MON AUG 29 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...BAY ST.
LOUIS
* UNTIL 345 AM CDT
* AT 304 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES EAST
OF BAY ST. LOUIS...MOVING WEST AT 55 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
DIAMONDHEAD AND KILN BY 315 AM 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.
LAT...LON 3030 8962 3034 8962 3041 8968 3046 8968
3046 8965 3049 8963 3051 8959 3044 8934
3037 8934 3032 8931 3027 8939
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 3:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 46 min |
| Aug 29, 7:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 2 hr |
| Aug 29, 7:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, Pike, Walthall | 6 hr |
| Aug 29, 8:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 63 min |
| Aug 29, 9:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 62 min |
| Aug 29, 9:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 55 min |
| Aug 29, 10:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River, Walthall | 56 min |
| Aug 29, 11:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River, Walthall | 65 min |
| Aug 29, 12:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River | 4 hr |
| Aug 29, 12:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Pike, Walthall | 4 hr |
| Aug 29, 4:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River | 4 hr |
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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.