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Tornado Warning 64, NWS New Orleans, LA

May 26, 2011Jackson County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2011, 3:10 PM CDT for Jackson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 34 min. 2 reports 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, 3:10 PM CDT (20:10 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2011, 3:44 PM CDT
In force
34 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 20:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 26, 3:10 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 Nnw Moss Point, MSPOSSIBLE TORNADO. FENCES BLOWN DOWN...PORTABLE OFFICE BUILDING FLIPPED OVER...18 WHEELER FLIPPED...POWER LINES DOWN...BARN DESTROYED. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
May 26, 3:23 PM CDTTORNADO 02 N Escatawpa, MSWEAK TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 1/4 MILE SOUTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 63 AND 613...AND TRAVELLED INTERMITTENTLY FOR APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES TO THE NORTHEAST. PORTABLE OFFICE BUILDING WAS FLIPPED OVER...POWER LINES WERE DOWN...AND NUMEROUS TREES LIMBS

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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 107 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2011-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3259 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2011-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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

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The text

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

071 
WFUS54 KLIX 262010
TORLIX
MSC059-262115-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0064.110526T2010Z-110526T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
310 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 415 PM CDT

* AT 306 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  ESCATAWPA...MOVING EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
  INDICATED COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3036 8842 3035 8860 3036 8862 3035 8868
      3034 8869 3033 8873 3039 8876 3051 8879
      3069 8844 3038 8839
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 261DEG 9KT 3047 8856

$$
1 follow-up statement
607 
WWUS54 KLIX 262044
SVSLIX

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

MSC059-262050-
/O.CAN.KLIX.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-110526T2115Z/
JACKSON MS-
344 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE
TORNADO WARNING HAS DISSIPATED AND THE STORM HAS WEAKENED BELOW 
SEVERE LIMITS. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

LAT...LON 3036 8842 3035 8860 3036 8862 3035 8868
      3034 8869 3033 8873 3039 8876 3051 8879
      3069 8844 3038 8839
TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 261DEG 9KT 3048 8847

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 1:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAmite, Wilkinson55 min
May 26, 10:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXJackson23 min
May 26, 11:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPearl River49 min
May 26, 11:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHancock, Harrison33 min
May 26, 12:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHarrison, Jackson30 min
May 26, 12:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXJackson56 min
May 26, 1:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPearl River25 min
May 26, 1:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXJackson48 min
May 26, 2:22 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXJackson23 min
May 26, 2:45 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXJackson30 min
May 26, 3:27 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLIXJackson108 min
May 26, 3:34 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLIXJackson116 min
May 26, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPearl River58 min
May 26, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPearl River57 min
May 26, 4:59 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXPearl River15 min

Nearby

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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.