Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 156, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Sep 19, 2011, 2:03 PM CDT for Harrison County, 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
- Sep 19, 2011, 2:03 PM CDT (19:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 19, 2011, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Harrison County, MS, Jackson County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 2343 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 530 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
923
WFUS54 KLIX 191903
TORLIX
MSC047-059-191930-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0156.110919T1903Z-110919T1930Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
203 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
WESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 230 PM CDT
* AT 156 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO
OVER NORTH OF D'IBERVILLE...OR NEAR ST. MARTIN...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 10 MPH.
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 3046 8881 3046 8900 3068 8892 3069 8889
3073 8889 3074 8888 3074 8863 3072 8858
TIME...MOT...LOC 1903Z 205DEG 10KT 3050 8888
$$
95/DM1 follow-up statement
457 WWUS54 KLIX 191913 SVSLIX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 213 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2011 MSC047-059-191930- /O.CON.KLIX.TO.W.0156.000000T0000Z-110919T1930Z/ JACKSON MS-HARRISON MS- 213 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR EASTERN HARRISON AND WESTERN JACKSON COUNTIES... AT 208 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTINUED TO REPORT A TORNADO ABOUT 3 MILES NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 10 AND INTERSTATE 110 INTERCHANGE. THE TORNADO IS MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH AND WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF HARRISON AND JACKSON COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 3048 8881 3049 8899 3066 8892 3063 8877 TIME...MOT...LOC 1911Z 200DEG 9KT 3051 8889 $$ 95/DM
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 12:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 9 min |
| Sep 19, 2:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 33 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.