Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 2, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Jan 1, 2011, 5:19 AM CST for Lafourche Parish, Louisiana; Pike County, Walthall County, Mississippi. It was in force for 63 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 1, 2011, 5:19 AM CST (11:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 5, 2011, 6:30 AM CST
- In force
- 63 days
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lafourche Parish, LA, Pike County, MS, Walthall 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 3:10 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 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
- 1298 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 483 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 329 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 345 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.2
- Supercell composite
- 11.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
816
WFUS54 KLIX 011119
TORLIX
MSC113-147-011215-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0002.110101T1119Z-110101T1215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
519 AM CST SAT JAN 1 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHWESTERN WALTHALL COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 615 AM CST
* AT 517 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MAGNOLIA...
OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF MCCOMB...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SALEM
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 SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3134 9007 3135 9004 3134 9003 3125 9003
3123 9002 3105 9030 3105 9047 3111 9039
3112 9055 3137 9025 3136 9011
TIME...MOT...LOC 1119Z 235DEG 38KT 3110 9046
$$
CAB2 follow-up statements
578
WWUS54 KLIX 011200
SVSLIX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
600 AM CST SAT JAN 1 2011
MSC113-147-011210-
/O.CAN.KLIX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110101T1215Z/
PIKE MS-WALTHALL MS-
600 AM CST SAT JAN 1 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WALTHALL AND PIKE COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AFREA.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3134 9007 3135 9004 3134 9003 3125 9003
3123 9002 3105 9030 3105 9047 3111 9039
3112 9055 3137 9025 3136 9011
TIME...MOT...LOC 1200Z 235DEG 38KT 3135 9004
$$
CAB454
WFUS54 KLIX 051138
TORLIX
LAC057-051230-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0001.110305T1138Z-110305T1230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
538 AM CST SAT MAR 5 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL LAFOURCHE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LAROSE...CUT OFF...
* UNTIL 630 AM CST
* AT 536 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CUT OFF...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LAROSE BY 545 AM CST...
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 2951 9045 2972 9036 2971 9032 2962 9014
2959 9015 2955 9021 2954 9018 2944 9029
TIME...MOT...LOC 1138Z 206DEG 14KT 2953 9034
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 4:50 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | 55 min | |
| Jan 1, 4:50 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | East Feliciana, Saint Helena | 70 min |
| Jan 1, 7:28 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 62 min | |
| Jan 1, 7:34 AM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | LIX | 4 hr | |
| Jan 1, 7:50 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 25 min | |
| Jan 1, 8:32 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 88 min | |
| Jan 1, 9:13 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 92 min | |
| Jan 1, 9:14 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 91 min | |
| Jan 1, 3:15 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LIX | 12 hr |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 2011Tornado Warnings in Louisiana, 2011Every tornado warning in 2011Tornadoes in 2011
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.