Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 167, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Nov 16, 2011, 7:34 AM CST for Hancock County, Harrison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 41 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
- Nov 16, 2011, 7:34 AM CST (13:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 16, 2011, 8:15 AM CST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hancock County, MS, Harrison 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 2:49 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 38 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
- 1773 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 448 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 277 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 305 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.4
- Supercell composite
- 14.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
869
WFUS54 KLIX 161334
TORLIX
MSC045-047-161415-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0167.111116T1334Z-111116T1415Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
734 AM CST WED NOV 16 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WAVELAND...DIAMONDHEAD...BAY ST.
LOUIS...
WESTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 815 AM CST
* AT 728 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF
WAVELAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3031 8930 3033 8930 3035 8929 3037 8932
3035 8937 3035 8934 3031 8932 3020 8951
3031 8961 3065 8919 3044 8903
TIME...MOT...LOC 1333Z 234DEG 34KT 3034 8948
$$1 follow-up statement
515
WWUS54 KLIX 161350
SVSLIX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
750 AM CST WED NOV 16 2011
MSC045-047-161415-
/O.CON.KLIX.TO.W.0167.000000T0000Z-111116T1415Z/
HANCOCK MS-HARRISON MS-
750 AM CST WED NOV 16 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM CST FOR WESTERN
HARRISON AND EAST CENTRAL HANCOCK COUNTIES...
AT 746 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
LYMAN...OR NEAR DIAMONDHEAD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER
PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3047 8906 3037 8936 3044 8940 3061 8916
3052 8909
TIME...MOT...LOC 1350Z 234DEG 34KT 3043 8933
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 1:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pike, Walthall | 46 min |
| Nov 16, 3:25 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Walthall | 35 min |
| Nov 16, 6:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 60 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.