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Tornado Warning 2, NWS New Orleans, LA

March 26, 2009Pearl River County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 26, 2009, 3:30 AM CDT for Pearl River County, Mississippi. It was in force for 15 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 26, 2009, 3:30 AM CDT (08:30 UTC)
Expired: Mar 26, 2009, 3:45 AM CDT
In force: 15 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Pearl River County, MS

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 26, 1:36 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 58 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: 1439 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 723 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 149 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 114 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.3
Supercell composite: 6.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLIX 260830
TORLIX
MSC109-260845-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0002.090326T0830Z-090326T0845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
330 AM CDT THU MAR 26 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL PEARL RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 345 AM CDT

* AT 328 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER PEARL RIVER
  COUNTY...13 MILES SOUTH OF POPLARVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER RURAL PEARL RIVER COUNTY THROUGH 340 
AM CDT

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

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 900 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3065 8933 3065 8952 3070 8956 3079 8933
      3078 8933
TIME...MOT...LOC 0829Z 257DEG 31KT 3066 8947

$$


24/RR

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KLIX 260841
SVSLIX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
341 AM CDT THU MAR 26 2009

MSC109-260851-
/O.EXP.KLIX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090326T0845Z/
PEARL RIVER MS-
341 AM CDT THU MAR 26 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL PEARL RIVER COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 345 AM CDT...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3065 8933 3065 8952 3070 8956 3079 8933
      3078 8933
TIME...MOT...LOC 0841Z 257DEG 31KT 3068 8935

$$


24/RR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 25, 11:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Amite, Wilkinson	64 min
Mar 26, 12:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Amite, Pike	62 min
Mar 26, 1:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Pike, Walthall	59 min
Mar 26, 2:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Hancock, Pearl River	56 min
Mar 26, 3:29 AM CDT	Coastal Flood Watch	LIX		26 hr
Mar 26, 4:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Hancock	43 min
Mar 26, 5:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Jackson	55 min
Mar 26, 9:42 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LIX	Jackson	13 days
Mar 26, 1:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Pike	23 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.