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Tornado Warning 62, NWS New Orleans, LA

May 26, 2011Jackson County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2011, 2:22 PM CDT for Jackson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 23 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 26, 2011, 2:22 PM CDT (19:22 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2011, 2:45 PM CDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Jackson County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:23 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 26, 2:53 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Vancleave, MS	REPORTS OF POWER OUTAGES AND BLOWN TRANSFORMERS IN VANCLEAVE

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 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 108 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 3259 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 464 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.0
Supercell composite: 12.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

252 
WFUS54 KLIX 261922
TORLIX
MSC059-261945-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0062.110526T1922Z-110526T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
222 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PASCAGOULA...MOSS POINT...
  ESCATAWPA...

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT

* AT 216 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR GAUTIER...
  OR 8 MILES EAST OF OCEAN SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  VANCLEAVE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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 3038 8839 3036 8842 3035 8860 3036 8862
      3035 8868 3034 8869 3033 8873 3039 8876
      3051 8879 3069 8844
TIME...MOT...LOC 1922Z 254DEG 7KT 3044 8866

$$

2 follow-up statements

956 
WWUS54 KLIX 261935
SVSLIX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
235 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2011

MSC059-261945-
/O.CON.KLIX.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-110526T1945Z/
JACKSON MS-
235 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY...

AT 230 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GAUTIER...OR 8 MILES
WEST OF ESCATAWPA...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THE RADAR DETECTED TORNADO 
WAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10. 

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  6 MILES SOUTH OF VANCLEAVE BY 240 PM CDT...
  ESCATAWPA...7 MILES WEST OF MOSS POINT AND 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  PASCAGOULA BY 245 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

&&

LAT...LON 3038 8839 3036 8842 3035 8860 3036 8862
      3035 8868 3034 8869 3033 8873 3039 8876
      3051 8879 3069 8844
TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 256DEG 8KT 3046 8866

$$

851 
WWUS54 KLIX 261945
SVSLIX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
245 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2011

MSC059-261945-
/O.CON.KLIX.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-110526T1945Z/
JACKSON MS-
245 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY...

AT 243 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GAUTIER...OR 6 MILES
WEST OF ESCATAWPA...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

&&

LAT...LON 3038 8839 3036 8842 3035 8860 3036 8862
      3035 8868 3034 8869 3033 8873 3039 8876
      3051 8879 3069 8844
TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 256DEG 8KT 3046 8863

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 1:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Amite, Wilkinson	55 min
May 26, 10:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Jackson	23 min
May 26, 11:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Pearl River	49 min
May 26, 11:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Hancock, Harrison	33 min
May 26, 12:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Harrison, Jackson	30 min
May 26, 12:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Jackson	56 min
May 26, 1:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Pearl River	25 min
May 26, 1:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Jackson	48 min
May 26, 2:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Jackson	30 min
May 26, 3:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Jackson	34 min
May 26, 3:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LIX	Jackson	108 min
May 26, 3:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LIX	Jackson	116 min
May 26, 4:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Pearl River	58 min
May 26, 4:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Pearl River	57 min
May 26, 4:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Pearl River	15 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.