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Tornado Warning 14, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Feb 18, 2012, 3:46 PM CST for Jackson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 29 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 18, 2012, 3:46 PM CST (21:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2012, 4:15 PM CST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Jackson County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 9:55 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 449 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
679 WFUS54 KLIX 182146 TORLIX MSC059-182215- /O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0014.120218T2146Z-120218T2215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 346 PM CST SAT FEB 18 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MOSS POINT...ESCATAWPA... * UNTIL 415 PM CST * AT 342 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR GAUTIER... OR 7 MILES EAST OF OCEAN SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. && LAT...LON 3037 8872 3048 8876 3066 8840 3043 8839 TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 243DEG 41KT 3046 8863 $$ CAB
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 8:49 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LIX | Pike | 36 hr |
| Feb 18, 9:30 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 26 hr |
| Feb 18, 9:34 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 57 hr |
| Feb 18, 12:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 63 min |
| Feb 18, 12:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 54 min |
| Feb 18, 12:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 41 min |
| Feb 18, 12:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 14 min |
| Feb 18, 12:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison | 49 min |
| Feb 18, 1:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 63 min |
| Feb 18, 1:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jackson | 21 min |
| Feb 18, 1:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 41 min |
| Feb 18, 1:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 40 min |
| Feb 18, 2:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 28 min |
| Feb 18, 2:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 65 min |
| Feb 18, 3:41 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LIX | Pike, Walthall | 42 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.