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Tornado Warning 8, NWS New Orleans, LA

February 13, 2007Pearl River County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Feb 13, 2007, 4:36 AM CST for Pearl River County, Mississippi. It was in force for 24 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Feb 13, 2007, 4:36 AM CST (10:36 UTC)
Expired: Feb 13, 2007, 5:00 AM CST
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pearl River County, MS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Feb 13, 4:45 AM CST	TSTM WND GST 0	5 Se Poplarville, MS	WHOLE TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 53. BRANCHES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 26 TOWARD STONE COUNTY.
Feb 13, 4:45 AM CST	TORNADO	5 Se Poplarville, MS	WHOLE TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 53. BRANCHES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 26 TOWARD STONE COUNTY. PROBABLE TORNADO. SPOTTERS TRAILING THE STORM.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 71 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: 807 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 145 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 131036
TORLIX
MSC109-131100-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0008.070213T1036Z-070213T1100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 500 AM CST

* AT 434 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  POPLARVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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 ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CST TUESDAY 
MORNING FOR SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3079 8971 3066 8957 3095 8916 3112 8933

$$

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1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KLIX 131059
SVSLIX

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

MSC109-131109-
/O.EXP.KLIX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070213T1100Z/
PEARL RIVER MS-
459 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PEARL RIVER COUNTY EXPIRES AT 500 AM
CST...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
1100 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3079 8971 3066 8957 3095 8916 3112 8933

$$

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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
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, 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
Feb 13, 7:31 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Jackson	29 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.