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Tornado Warning 87, NWS New Orleans, LA

August 29, 2005Hancock County, Harrison County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Aug 29, 2005, 3:59 AM CDT for Hancock County, Harrison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 46 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, 3:59 AM CDT (08:59 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 2005, 4:45 AM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hancock County, MS, Harrison County, MS

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 29, 2:00 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 29 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 00:00Z on 2005-08-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1069 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 00:00Z on 2005-08-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 254 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLIX 290900
TORLIX
MSC045-047-290945-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0087.050829T0859Z-050829T0945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
359 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
  HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 445 AM CDT

* AT 353 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF PASS CHRISTIAN...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH OF LONG
  BEACH...MOVING WEST AT 60 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  WAVELAND AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF DIAMONDHEAD BY 405 AM CDT
  6 MILES NORTH OF PEARLINGTON BY 415 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 3022 8958 3046 8968 3046 8968 3038 8934
      3032 8931 3025 8941 3019 8941 3024 8917
      3037 8930 3033 8919 3033 8919 3033 8922
      3032 8924 3024 8912 3019 8939

$$

SPRATT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 29, 3:09 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXHancock36 min
Aug 29, 7:23 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXHancock, Harrison2 hr
Aug 29, 7:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXHancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, Pike, Walthall6 hr
Aug 29, 8:42 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXPearl River63 min
Aug 29, 9:43 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXHancock, Pearl River62 min
Aug 29, 9:50 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXHarrison55 min
Aug 29, 10:49 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXHancock, Harrison, Pearl River, Walthall56 min
Aug 29, 11:55 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXPearl River, Walthall65 min
Aug 29, 12:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXHancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River4 hr
Aug 29, 12:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXPike, Walthall4 hr
Aug 29, 4:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXHancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River4 hr

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.