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Tornado Warning 7, NWS New Orleans, LA

January 10, 2008Walthall County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Jan 10, 2008, 12:35 PM CST for Walthall County, Mississippi. It was in force for 25 min. 1 report 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: Jan 10, 2008, 12:35 PM CST (18:35 UTC)
Expired: Jan 10, 2008, 1:00 PM CST
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Walthall County, MS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 10, 12:55 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	4 Ene Tylertown, MS	THUNDERSTORM WIND OR POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGED POWER LINES AND DOWNED SEVERAL TREES NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF US HIGHWAY 98 AND MS HIGHWAY 585.

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
Jan 10, 7:46 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 105 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: 600 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 572 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 121 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 2.8

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLIX 101835
TORLIX
MSC147-101900-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0007.080110T1835Z-080110T1900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1235 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WALTHALL COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 100 PM CST

* AT 1229 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF TYLERTOWN...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  FRANKLINTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  TYLERTOWN BY 1245 PM CST...
  DEXTER AND 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALEM BY 1255 PM CST...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...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 400 PM CST THURSDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3124 9001 3116 8999 3116 8994 3114 8992
      3109 8990 3100 9010 3100 9025 3115 9025
      3127 9003
TIME...MOT...LOC 1835Z 239DEG 34KT 3105 9022

$$

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2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KLIX 101850
SVSLIX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1249 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

MSC147-101900-
/O.CON.KLIX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080110T1900Z/
WALTHALL MS-
1249 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CST FOR WALTHALL
COUNTY...

AT 1244 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TYLERTOWN...OR
ABOUT 17 MILES NORTH OF FRANKLINTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  TYLERTOWN NOW
  6 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEXTER BY 1255 PM CST...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST THURSDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3124 9001 3116 8999 3116 8994 3114 8992
      3109 8990 3100 9010 3100 9025 3115 9025
      3127 9003
TIME...MOT...LOC 1849Z 239DEG 34KT 3112 9011

$$

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000 
WWUS54 KLIX 101853
SVSLIX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1252 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

MSC147-101902-
/O.EXP.KLIX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080110T1900Z/
WALTHALL MS-
1252 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WALTHALL COUNTY EXPIRES AT 100 PM CST...

AT 1250 PM CST...SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND 
AT HIGHWAY 98 NEAR TYLERTOWN. TAKE COVER NOW. THIS IS A DANGEROUS 
SITUATION. 


A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST THURSDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3124 9001 3116 8999 3116 8994 3114 8992
      3109 8990 3100 9010 3100 9025 3115 9025
      3127 9003
TIME...MOT...LOC 1852Z 239DEG 34KT 3113 9008

$$

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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
Jan 9, 9:05 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LIX	Amite, Pearl River, Pike, Walthall, Wilkinson	10 hr
Jan 10, 9:42 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Amite	15 min
Jan 10, 9:51 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Amite	24 min
Jan 10, 10:16 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Amite, Pike	48 min
Jan 10, 10:50 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Amite, Pike	25 min
Jan 10, 11:10 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Pike	35 min
Jan 10, 11:13 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Pike, Walthall	47 min
Jan 10, 2:04 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Pearl River	41 min
Jan 10, 3:56 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Harrison	34 min

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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.