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Tornado Warning 13, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 2009, 2:48 AM CDT for Jackson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 27 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
- Mar 27, 2009, 2:48 AM CDT (07:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2009, 3:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Jackson County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 12:48 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 113 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1797 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 559 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.0
- Supercell composite
- 10.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KLIX 270748 TORLIX MSC059-270815- /O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0013.090327T0748Z-090327T0815Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 248 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ESCATAWPA... * UNTIL 315 AM CDT * AT 244 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ESCATAWPA...OR NEAR MOSS POINT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS IS ANOTHER STRONG ROTATION SEPARATE FROM THE TORNADO WARNING PREVIOUSLY ISSUED IN THE SAME AREA OF JACKSON COUNTY. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ESCATAWPA BY 255 AM CDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS 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 800 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3039 8861 3043 8866 3063 8849 3056 8840 TIME...MOT...LOC 0747Z 221DEG 37KT 3044 8860 $$ 24/RR
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KLIX 270808 RRA SVSLIX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 308 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 MSC059-270819- /O.EXP.KLIX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090327T0815Z/ JACKSON MS- 308 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 315 AM CDT... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3039 8861 3043 8866 3063 8849 3056 8840 TIME...MOT...LOC 0809Z 221DEG 37KT 3061 8842 $$ 24/RR
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 7:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LIX | Jackson | 100 days |
| Mar 26, 7:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LIX | Harrison, Pearl River | 100 days |
| Mar 26, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite | 49 min |
| Mar 26, 8:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Amite | 27 min |
| Mar 26, 8:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike | 33 min |
| Mar 26, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike, Walthall | 23 min |
| Mar 26, 11:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LIX | Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River | 104 days |
| Mar 27, 12:00 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 6 days |
| Mar 27, 1:00 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 3 days |
| Mar 27, 1:03 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LIX | Amite, Pearl River, Pike, Walthall | 111 days |
| Mar 27, 1:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River | 63 min |
| Mar 27, 1:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock | 27 min |
| Mar 27, 1:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 17 min |
| Mar 27, 1:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 31 min |
| Mar 27, 2:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 47 min |
| Mar 27, 2:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 33 min |
| Mar 27, 3:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 15 min |
| Mar 27, 4:09 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Pike, Walthall | 4 days |
| Mar 27, 5:58 AM CDT | Coastal Flood Warning | LIX | 34 hr | |
| Mar 27, 6:40 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Pike | 12 hr |
| Mar 27, 9:28 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Harrison | 60 hr |
| Mar 27, 9:30 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Harrison | 4 days |
| Mar 27, 9:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Harrison | 3 days |
| Mar 27, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite, Wilkinson | 59 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.