Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 3, 2012, 2:23 PM CST for Wilkinson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 37 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
- Feb 3, 2012, 2:23 PM CST (20:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 3, 2012, 3:00 PM CST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Wilkinson County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 618 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
708
WUUS54 KLIX 032023
SVRLIX
MSC157-032100-
/O.NEW.KLIX.SV.W.0009.120203T2023Z-120203T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
223 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL WILKINSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 300 PM CST
* AT 217 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
DOLOROSA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL
AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3136 9116 3133 9109 3116 9145 3116 9146
3123 9151 3124 9149 3128 9150 3130 9147
3133 9147 3132 9143 3138 9127
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 240DEG 18KT 3131 9137
$$2 follow-up statements
730
WWUS54 KLIX 032042
SVSLIX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
242 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012
MSC157-032100-
/O.CON.KLIX.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120203T2100Z/
WILKINSON MS-
242 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST
FOR NORTH CENTRAL WILKINSON COUNTY...
AT 240 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF DOLOROSA...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 3136 9116 3133 9109 3116 9145 3116 9146
3123 9151 3124 9149 3128 9150 3130 9147
3133 9147 3132 9143 3138 9127
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 250DEG 20KT 3133 9124
$$982
WWUS54 KLIX 032058
SVSLIX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
258 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012
MSC157-032108-
/O.EXP.KLIX.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120203T2100Z/
WILKINSON MS-
258 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL WILKINSON COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 300 PM CST...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF WILKINSON
COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3136 9116 3133 9109 3116 9145 3116 9146
3123 9151 3124 9149 3128 9150 3130 9147
3133 9147 3132 9143 3138 9127
TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 250DEG 20KT 3136 9114
$$Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012
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.