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Tornado Warning 91, NWS New Orleans, LA

August 29, 2005Pearl River County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Aug 29, 2005, 8:42 AM CDT for Pearl River County, Mississippi. It was in force for 63 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, 8:42 AM CDT (13:42 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 2005, 9:45 AM CDT
In force
63 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 29, 2:00 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 190 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2005-08-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 288 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2005-08-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 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
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 291343
TORLIX
MSC109-291445-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0091.050829T1342Z-050829T1445Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 945 AM CDT

* AT 838 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THE LEADING EDGE OF THE HURRICANE KATRINA EYEWALL APPROACHING THE 
SOUTHERN PORTION OF PEARL RIVER COUNTY. 

* 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 3062 8980 3043 8969 3053 8955 3066 8954
      3066 8933 3091 8934 3084 8981

$$

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, 3:59 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXHancock, Harrison46 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, 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.