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Tornado Warning 106, NWS New Orleans, LA

December 25, 2012Pearl River County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Dec 25, 2012, 3:29 PM CST for Pearl River County, Mississippi. It was in force for 22 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: Dec 25, 2012, 3:29 PM CST (21:29 UTC)
Expired: Dec 25, 2012, 3:51 PM CST
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Pearl River 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
Dec 25, 12:58 PM CST	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 65 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: 790 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 576 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 181 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 237 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.1
Supercell composite: 10.0

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The text

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

326 
WFUS54 KLIX 252129
TORLIX
MSC109-252200-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0106.121225T2129Z-121225T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
329 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL PEARL RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF POPLARVILLE...

* UNTIL 400 PM CST

* AT 325 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTH OF POPLARVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 40 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.

PLEASE FOLLOW OUR OFFICE ON BOTH FACEBOOK AND TWITTER FOR MORE
INFORMATION ON SEVERE WEATHER AND TO RELAY WEATHER REPORTS AND
PHOTOS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3074 8934 3065 8952 3065 8954 3079 8965
      3098 8934 3097 8934
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 237DEG 35KT 3076 8950

$$

1 follow-up statement

692 
WWUS54 KLIX 252151
SVSLIX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
351 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

MSC109-252159-
/O.CAN.KLIX.TO.W.0106.000000T0000Z-121225T2200Z/
PEARL RIVER MS-
351 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PEARL RIVER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

AT 349 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 
TORNADO THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PEARL 
RIVER COUNTY HAS MOVED OUT OF PEARL RIVER COUNTY. 

A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN PEARL RIVER COUNTY 
UNTIL 415 PM CST.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3074 8934 3065 8952 3065 8954 3079 8965
      3098 8934 3097 8934
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 237DEG 35KT 3087 8930

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 24, 8:34 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LIX		9 hr
Dec 25, 1:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Amite, Wilkinson	60 min
Dec 25, 1:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Amite	27 min
Dec 25, 1:52 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Wilkinson	53 min
Dec 25, 1:59 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Wilkinson	46 min
Dec 25, 2:30 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Amite	45 min
Dec 25, 2:38 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Wilkinson	37 min
Dec 25, 2:54 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Pearl River	36 min
Dec 25, 3:45 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River	30 min
Dec 25, 3:47 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Walthall	28 min
Dec 25, 3:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Walthall	66 min
Dec 25, 4:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Hancock, Harrison	44 min
Dec 25, 4:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Pearl River	58 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.