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Tornado Warning 39, NWS New Orleans, LA

October 16, 2006Hancock County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Oct 16, 2006, 5:52 AM CDT for Hancock County, Mississippi. It was in force for 38 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: Oct 16, 2006, 5:52 AM CDT (10:52 UTC)
Expired: Oct 16, 2006, 6:30 AM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hancock County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 21 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 841 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 232 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 374 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 161052
TORLIX
MSC045-161130-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0039.061016T1052Z-061016T1130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
552 AM CDT MON OCT 16 2006

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

* UNTIL 630 AM CDT

* AT 550 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF WAVELAND...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR...
  WAVELAND BY 605 AM CDT
  DIAMONDHEAD BY 620 AM CDT
  KILN BY 625 AM CDT

GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. SEEK
SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR
ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND
ALWAYS 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 1000 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
100 PM CDT MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3014 8957 3015 8936 3051 8934 3051 8960

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 15, 9:58 PM CDT	Coastal Flood Watch	LIX		7 hr
Oct 16, 4:37 AM CDT	Coastal Flood Warning	LIX		31 hr
Oct 16, 5:12 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Walthall	33 min
Oct 16, 5:35 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Harrison	25 min
Oct 16, 5:40 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Pearl River	35 min
Oct 16, 5:47 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Walthall	28 min
Oct 16, 6:05 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Hancock	25 min
Oct 16, 6:18 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Harrison	27 min
Oct 16, 6:30 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Jackson	30 min
Oct 16, 7:50 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Jackson	25 min
Oct 16, 8:28 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Harrison	32 min
Oct 16, 1:22 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	LIX	Amite, Pearl River, Pike, Walthall, Wilkinson	9 hr
Oct 16, 3:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Walthall	31 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.