Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 9, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 2009, 1:39 AM CDT for Hancock County, Harrison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 17 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
- Mar 27, 2009, 1:39 AM CDT (06:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2009, 1:56 AM CDT
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hancock County, MS, Harrison County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 1:42 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 18 N Diamondhead, MS | LARGE TREE DEBRIS BLOCKING HWY603, HWY43 AND HWY53 |
| Mar 27, 1:45 AM CDT | TORNADO 1 | 18 N Diamondhead, MS | NWS STORM SURVEY CONCLUDED DAMAGE WAS DUE TO TORNADO. PATH WAS ABOUT 200 YARDS WIDE AND 7 MILES LONG. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO CHURCH ROOF ON HWY 603 AND LARGE OUTBUILDING SOUTH OF NECAISE. LARGE TREE DEBRIS BLOCKING HWY603, HWY43 AND HWY53 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 12:48 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 44 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 270639
TORLIX
MSC045-047-270715-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0009.090327T0639Z-090327T0715Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
139 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 215 AM CDT
* AT 138 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 24 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF SAUCIER...OR 10 MILES EAST OF PICAYUNE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SAUCIER BY 215 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 3038 8955 3050 8964 3051 8959 3052 8959
3053 8954 3060 8954 3066 8943 3066 8924
3069 8923 3069 8908 3061 8903
TIME...MOT...LOC 0639Z 239DEG 36KT 3050 8950
$$
24/RR1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KLIX 270656
SVSLIX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
156 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009
MSC045-047-270706-
/O.CAN.KLIX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-090327T0715Z/
HANCOCK MS-HARRISON MS-
156 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN HARRISON AND NORTHERN HANCOCK
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THIS STORM WITH VERY STRONG ROTATION HAS MOVED INTO EXTREME
SOUTHWEST STONE COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3038 8955 3050 8964 3051 8959 3052 8959
3053 8954 3060 8954 3066 8943 3066 8924
3069 8923 3069 8908 3061 8903
TIME...MOT...LOC 0656Z 232DEG 34KT 3063 8935
$$
24/RRThe 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, 1:59 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, 2:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 27 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 |
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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.