Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 113, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Sep 3, 2011, 9:13 AM CDT for Harrison County, Jackson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 47 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
- Sep 3, 2011, 9:13 AM CDT (14:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 3, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Harrison County, MS, Jackson County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 1:43 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 850 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 477 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 286 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 260 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
683
WFUS54 KLIX 031413
TORLIX
MSC047-059-031500-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0113.110903T1413Z-110903T1500Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
913 AM CDT SAT SEP 3 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...GULFPORT...BILOXI...
JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ST. MARTIN...PASCAGOULA...OCEAN
SPRINGS...MOSS POINT...ESCATAWPA...
* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT
* AT 910 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
A STRONG RAIN SQUALL WITH MULTIPLE AREAS OF ROTATION CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BILOXI TO 10 MILES
SOUTH OF PASCAGOULA...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. THE STRONGEST
ROTATION IS LOCATED NEAR OCEAN SPRINGS.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GULF
PARK ESTATES...GAUTIER...SAUCIER...VANCLEAVE AND WADE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
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 1000 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3036 8862 3033 8873 3041 8885 3039 8886
3037 8881 3036 8881 3036 8884 3038 8886
3039 8896 3037 8909 3068 8917 3068 8889
3073 8889 3074 8885 3063 8852 3033 8850
TIME...MOT...LOC 1413Z 177DEG 25KT 3044 8892 3025 8858
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 12:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 35 min |
| Sep 3, 1:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 25 min |
| Sep 3, 1:36 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 24 min |
| Sep 3, 5:24 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Harrison | 4 days |
| Sep 3, 5:33 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Harrison | 3 days |
| Sep 3, 6:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 43 min |
| Sep 3, 6:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River | 34 min |
| Sep 3, 6:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River, Walthall | 47 min |
| Sep 3, 7:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 7:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 61 min |
| Sep 3, 8:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 47 min |
| Sep 3, 8:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River | 63 min |
| Sep 3, 9:23 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Harrison | 4 days |
| Sep 3, 9:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock | 37 hr |
| Sep 3, 10:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 43 min |
| Sep 3, 11:22 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 72 hr |
| Sep 3, 11:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 3 days |
| Sep 3, 12:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 49 min |
| Sep 3, 12:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 46 min |
| Sep 3, 1:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Amite | 31 min |
| Sep 3, 2:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 36 min |
| Sep 3, 3:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 24 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.