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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS New Orleans, LA

February 26, 2008Amite County, Wilkinson County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 26, 2008, 2:51 AM CST for Amite County, Wilkinson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 26, 2008, 2:51 AM CST (08:51 UTC)
Expired
Feb 26, 2008, 3:30 AM CST
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Amite County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 00:00Z on 2008-02-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2008-02-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 207 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1551 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
359 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Feb 25, 2:46 PM CST, 12 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 2:46 PM CST, 12 hours 5 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 25, 10:01 PM CST, 4 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1001 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008

GMZ530-550-555-570-575-LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-
080>082-270415-
LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS-
COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM-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-
1001 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
AND THE CENTRAL GULF COAST TONIGHT.  IN ADVANCE OF THIS FRONT...A
LINE OF STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO SWEEP
THROUGH THE REGION. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS
ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE
BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6 AM. THE STRONGEST STORMS COULD PRODUCE
LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS... HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF
HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING FOR THE TIDAL LAKES AND GULF WATERS. STRONG NORTHERLY
WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KNOTS AND SEAS OF 7 TO 10 FEET ARE EXPECTED IN
THE WAKE OF THE FRONT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 26, 5:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWashington26 min
Feb 26, 6:30 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLIX90 min
Feb 26, 5:34 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPearl River26 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.