Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 13, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at May 15, 2010, 7:31 PM CDT for Harrison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 29 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
- May 15, 2010, 7:31 PM CDT (00:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2010, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Harrison County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 7:52 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Nw Gulfport Airport, MS | OBSERVER AT KGPT REPORTING FUNNEL CLOUD TO THE NW OF THE AIRPORT MOVING NW 8 MPH. MODERATE ROTATION NOTED ON KLIX WSR-88D SRM. PUBLIC REPORTS OF WATERSPOUT MOVING ONSHORE WITH THIS STORM NEAR PASS CHRISTIAN WAL-MART AT 719 PM...RELAYED BY WLOX-TV 13 MET. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 54 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
- 1373 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 626 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
447
WFUS54 KLIX 160031
TORLIX
MSC047-160100-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0013.100516T0031Z-100516T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
731 PM CDT SAT MAY 15 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LONG BEACH...NORTH OF GULFPORT...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 725 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A WATERSPOUT MOVING ON SHORE
NEAR THE WALMART IN LONG BEACH...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. NWS RADAR
DETECTED SOME ROTATION WITH THIS STORM.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LYMAN BY 800 PM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3036 8907 3035 8908 3036 8910 3033 8915
3032 8922 3034 8928 3036 8928 3037 8930
3061 8923 3054 8899
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 197DEG 9KT 3040 8917
$$
24/RR1 follow-up statement
402
WWUS54 KLIX 160058
SVSLIX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
758 PM CDT SAT MAY 15 2010
MSC047-160106-
/O.EXP.KLIX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100516T0100Z/
HARRISON MS-
758 PM CDT SAT MAY 15 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN HARRISON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 800
PM CDT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE ROTATION WITH
THIS TORNADO HAS WEAKENED AS IT MOVED FARTHER INLAND. THE TORNADO
WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM FOR THIS NORTHERN HARRISON
COUNTY STORM.
ANOTHER TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN HARRISON
COUNTY FOR A STORM WITH A TORNADO MOVING ASHORE NEAR PASS CHRISTIAN.
THIS STORM CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTH 15 MPH.
LAT...LON 3036 8907 3035 8908 3036 8910 3033 8915
3032 8922 3034 8928 3036 8928 3037 8930
3061 8923 3054 8899
TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 199DEG 13KT 3050 8913
$$
24/RRThe office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 7:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 26 min |
| May 15, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 23 min |
| May 16, 1:35 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 115 min |
| May 16, 8:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 3 hr |
| May 16, 9:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Harrison | 24 hr |
| May 16, 9:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 28 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.