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Tornado Warning 12, NWS New Orleans, LA

February 13, 2007Jackson County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Feb 13, 2007, 7:31 AM CST for Jackson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 29 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: Feb 13, 2007, 7:31 AM CST (13:31 UTC)
Expired: Feb 13, 2007, 8:00 AM CST
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jackson County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Feb 13, 2:43 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 112 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: 514 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 649 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 149 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLIX 131333
TORLIX
MSC059-131400-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0012.070213T1331Z-070213T1400Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
731 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MOSS POINT...ESCATAWPA

* UNTIL 800 AM CST

* AT 728 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
  A TORNADO NEAR VANCLEAVE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF ESCATAWPA...  
  MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A SIGHTING OF 
  THE TORNADO ALONG I-10 NEAR MILE MARKER 56 NEAR THE VANCLEAVE 
  EXIT.  

* THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR...
  ESCATAWPA AND 6 MILES NORTH OF MOSS POINT BY 745 AM CST

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 1100 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3054 8877 3066 8842 3043 8840 3043 8845
      3042 8846 3042 8851 3041 8852 3041 8857
      3037 8871

$$

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1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KLIX 131400
SVSLIX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
759 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

MSC059-131409-
/O.EXP.KLIX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-070213T1400Z/
JACKSON MS-
759 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR JACKSON COUNTY EXPIRES AT 800 AM CST...

THE SEVERE WEATHER PRODUCING A HISTORY OF DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES HAS 
ENTERED SOUTHERN ALABAMA. 

THE TORNADO WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL MISSISSIPPI 
COUNTIES WILL BE CANCELED SHORTLY. 

LAT...LON 3054 8877 3066 8842 3043 8840 3043 8845
      3042 8846 3042 8851 3041 8852 3041 8857
      3037 8871

$$

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS New Orleans, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Feb 13, 3:32 AM CST, 3 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 13, 3:32 AM CST, 3 hours 59 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
332 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

.SHORT TERM...06Z SOUNDING AT SLIDELL REVEALED A QUICK
MODIFICATION OF THE ATM WITH CAPE VALUES INCREASING FROM ZERO TO
900 J/KG...HELICITY AROUND 300 M2/S2 AND PW VALUES AROUND 1.2
INCHES. ISOTACH ANALYSIS OF 250MB SHOWED A JET MAX OF 150 KNOTS
OVER WEST TEXAS AND THE NOSE OF THE JET OF 100 KNOTS OVER THE
WESTERN GULF. THIS PLACES THE FORECAST AREA UNDERNEATH THE LEFT-
FRONT QUADRANT AND THE BEST DIVERGENCE OVER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING. THEREFORE...A VOLATILE ATM
WILL LIKELY YIELD STRONG TO A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH
DAMAGING WINDS AND ONE OR TWO TORNADIC STORMS THIS MORNING. THE
ASSOCIATED SLIGHTLY NEGATIVELY TILTED TROUGH WAS POSITIONED FROM
CENTRAL KANSAS TO NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE TROUGH SHOULD PUSH
EAST AND RAIN CHANCES WILL DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON AS DRY AIR WILL
ENTRAIN ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF THE SYSTEM AND OVER US. A 1043MB
HIGH RESIDED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL CANADA. AS THE LOW PUSHES
EAST...THE HIGH ALONG WITH COLD DENSE AIR WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS
THE PLAINS AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TONIGHT. THICKNESS VALUES
WILL DECREASE AS STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION TAKES HOLD OVER THE
AREA TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. ERGO...BELOW NORMAL TEMPS ARE
EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY.

.LONG TERM...
THICKNESS VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVER THE WEEKEND.
HOWEVER...TROUGH ON THE EAST CONUS WILL MAINTAIN NORTHWEST FLOW
OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THIS FEATURE SHOULD ALLOW
TEMPERATURES TO REBOUND NEAR NORMS OVER THE WEEKEND THROUGH
NEXT TUESDAY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MCB  72  36  48  30 /  30  10  10  10
BTR  72  38  50  31 /  30  10  10  10
MSY  74  43  51  35 /  30  10  10  10
GPT  70  40  51  31 /  60  10  10  10

&&

.LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...NONE.
GM...NONE.
MS...NONE.
GM...NONE.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 13, 5:14 AM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
514 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-141115-
POINTE COUPEE-WEST FELICIANA-EAST FELICIANA-ST. HELENA-TANGIPAHOA-
WASHINGTON-ST. TAMMANY-IBERVILLE-WEST BATON ROUGE-
EAST BATON ROUGE-ASCENSION-LIVINGSTON-ASSUMPTION-ST. JAMES-
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-UPPER LAFOURCHE-ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-
ORLEANS-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST. BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE-
LOWER TERREBONNE-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON-
LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD-WILKINSON-AMITE-PIKE-WALTHALL-
PEARL RIVER-HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON-
514 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

.SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...GENERALLY EAST OF A HAMMOND
TO MORGAN CITY LINE. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THESE STORMS...AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE. MOST
SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD BE OVER BY NOON.

.MARINE HAZARD...
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT OVER THE
COASTAL WATERS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

.SEASONAL HAZARDS...
FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED AWAY FROM THE TIDAL LAKES AND
COASTAL MARSHES WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A HARD FREEZE MAY IMPACT THE
UPPER FLORIDA PARISHES AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES THURSDAY
NIGHT...WITH A LIGHT FREEZE LIKELY ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI COAST AND
THE LOWER FLORIDA PARISHES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS AND AMATEUR RADIO NETWORKS SHOULD EXPECT TO REMAIN ACTIVE
FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS THIS MORNING. AFTER TODAY...SPOTTER AND
AMATEUR RADIO ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH MONDAY.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 13, 3:57 AM CST, 3 hours 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
357 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0302 AM     TORNADO          WESTWEGO                29.90N 90.14W
02/13/2007                   JEFFERSON          LA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HEAVY DAMAGES TO STRUCTURES REPORTED. MOBILE HOMES
            OVERTURNED. POSSIBLE INJURIES BUT UNKNOWN NUMBER.

&&

RRICKS

Special weather statement, Feb 13, 4:51 AM CST, 2 hours 40 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
451 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

LAZ038-131120-
TANGIPAHOA-
451 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH TANGIPAHOA PARISH...

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH
TANGIPAHOA PARISH THROUGH 530 A. AT 445 AM...THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED
FROM WILDER TO JUST WEST OF PONCHATOULA...AND ARE MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE HAMMOND AND
PONCHATOULA AREAS BY 515 AM.

THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND WINDS TO NEAR 50 MPH. A
TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM.

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Local storm report, Feb 13, 5:01 AM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
501 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0459 AM     HAIL             SLIDELL                 30.28N 89.78W
02/13/2007  E0.25 INCH       ST. TAMMANY        LA   NWS EMPLOYEE

            AT WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE.

&&

RRICKS

Local storm report, Feb 13, 5:16 AM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
516 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0445 AM     TSTM WND GST     5 SE POPLARVILLE        30.79N 89.47W
02/13/2007  E0 MPH           PEARL RIVER        MS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WHOLE TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 53. BRANCHES DOWN ALONG
            HIGHWAY 26 TOWARD STONE COUNTY.

&&

RRICKS

Local storm report, Feb 13, 5:41 AM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
541 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0445 AM     TORNADO          5 SE POPLARVILLE        30.79N 89.47W
02/13/2007                   PEARL RIVER        MS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WHOLE TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 53. BRANCHES DOWN ALONG
            HIGHWAY 26 TOWARD STONE COUNTY. PROBABLE TORNADO.
            SPOTTERS TRAILING THE STORM.

&&

RRICKS

Local storm report, Feb 13, 7:23 AM CST, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
723 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0715 AM     HAIL             GULFPORT                30.39N 89.07W
02/13/2007  M1.00 INCH       HARRISON           MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

RRICKS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 13, 12:46 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Amite, Pike	44 min
Feb 13, 2:42 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Amite, Pike	48 min
Feb 13, 3:54 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Pearl River	36 min
Feb 13, 4:36 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Pearl River	24 min
Feb 13, 5:34 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Hancock, Harrison	26 min
Feb 13, 6:27 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Harrison	63 min
Feb 13, 7:04 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Jackson	41 min
Feb 13, 7:17 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Harrison	28 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.