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Tornado Warning 89, NWS New Orleans, LA

August 29, 2005Hancock County, Harrison County, Mississippi; Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Aug 29, 2005, 7:23 AM CDT for Hancock County, Harrison County, Mississippi; Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 2 hr. 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, 7:23 AM CDT (12:23 UTC)
Expired: Aug 29, 2005, 9:30 AM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Saint Tammany Parish, LA, 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 29, 2:00 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 232 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: 288 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 841 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 1 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 291227
TORLIX
LAC103-MSC045-047-291430-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0089.050829T1223Z-050829T1430Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
725 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR THE EYEWALL OF HURRICANE KATRINA FOR...
  ST. TAMMANY PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  HANCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WAVELAND...DIAMONDHEAD...BAY ST.
  LOUIS
  HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LONG BEACH...GULFPORT

* UNTIL 930 AM CDT

* AT 725 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THE LEADING EDGE OF THE HURRICANE KATRINA EYEWALL APPROACHING THE 
SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF ST. TAMMANY...HANCOCK...AND HARRISON COUNTIES. 

* THE ONSET OF DESTRUCTIVE WINDS WITH GUSTS OF 100 TO 120 MPH WILL 
BEGIN SOON. THESE DESTRUCTIVE WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIND DAMAGE SIMILAR 
TO A TORNADO. SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN 
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS 
AND REMAIN IN YOUR SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE EYEWALL PASSES.

LAT...LON 3010 8962 3029 8899 3059 8905 3045 8990

$$

SPRATT

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KLIX 291346
SVSLIX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
844 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

LAC103-MSC045-047-291430-
/O.CON.KLIX.TO.W.0089.000000T0000Z-050829T1430Z/
HANCOCK MS-HARRISON MS-ST. TAMMANY LA-
844 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 AM CDT FOR HARRISON AND
HANCOCK COUNTIES...AND ST. TAMMANY PARISH...

...CATASTROPHIC WIND DAMAGE ONGOING AND IMMINENT...

AT 838 AM CDT...EYEWALL HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE CAUSING EXTENSIVE 
ROOF AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN HARRISON AND HANCCOCK COUNTIES.       

THIS IS A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. SEEK SUBSTANTIAL COVER NOW

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
GULFPORT AIRPORT...LYMAN...LONG BEACH...KILN...GULFPORT AND PEARL
RIVER.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT MONDAY FOR SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3010 8962 3029 8899 3059 8905 3045 8990

$$

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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
Aug 29, 3:09 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Hancock	36 min
Aug 29, 3:59 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Hancock, Harrison	46 min
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
Aug 28, 10:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Orleans, Saint Bernard	57 min
Aug 28, 11:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Plaquemines	23 min
Aug 29, 4:04 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LIX	Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles and 1 more	6 hr
Aug 29, 5:27 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Plaquemines, Saint Bernard	2 hr
Aug 29, 8:14 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LIX	Orleans, Saint Bernard	6 hr
Aug 29, 8:36 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles	24 min
Aug 29, 11:28 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LIX	Jefferson	6 hr
Aug 29, 11:34 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LIX	Saint Charles, Saint John the Baptist	6 hr
Aug 29, 11:40 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LIX	Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard	6 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.