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Tornado Warning 71, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Aug 24, 2011, 4:45 PM CDT for Hancock County, Pearl River County, Mississippi. It was in force for 30 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
- Aug 24, 2011, 4:45 PM CDT (21:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2011, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hancock County, MS, Pearl River County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 4:47 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Nne Kiln, MS | CORRECTION TO CHANGE EVENT FROM TORNADO TO WIND DAMAGE. EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED A COUPLE DEAD TREES DOWNED...AND SPORADIC TREE LIMBS DOWN NEAR SEVERAL ROADS NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF KILN CONSISTENT WITH STRAIGHT-LINE WIND DAMAGE. THERE IS NO CONFIRMATION OF A |
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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 29 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
- 1191 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -116 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1238 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS54 KLIX 242145
TORLIX
MSC045-109-242215-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0071.110824T2145Z-110824T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
445 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL HANCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DIAMONDHEAD...
SOUTHWESTERN PEARL RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PICAYUNE...
* UNTIL 515 PM CDT
* AT 442 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
KILN...OR 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF DIAMONDHEAD...MOVING WEST NORTHWEST
AT 35 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 3055 8934 3037 8934 3039 8967 3041 8969
3045 8968 3052 8977 3054 8978 3056 8980
3057 8980 3057 8981 3062 8983
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 097DEG 30KT 3047 8944
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River | 23 min |
| Aug 24, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 35 min |
| Aug 24, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River | 31 min |
| Aug 24, 6:57 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | LIX | Amite, Pearl River, Pike, Walthall, Wilkinson | 48 hr |
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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.