Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 15, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 3:27 PM CST for Hancock County, Harrison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 33 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
- Mar 2, 2012, 3:27 PM CST (21:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hancock County, MS, Harrison County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 40 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
- 720 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 473 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 4.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
210
WFUS54 KLIX 022127
TORLIX
MSC045-047-022200-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0015.120302T2127Z-120302T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
327 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL HANCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WAVELAND...DIAMONDHEAD...BAY ST.
LOUIS...
SOUTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LONG BEACH...GULFPORT...
* UNTIL 400 PM CST
* AT 326 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
DIAMONDHEAD...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PASS
CHRISTIAN AND LYMAN
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 3030 8927 3031 8930 3035 8929 3037 8934
3035 8937 3035 8934 3031 8932 3027 8936
3027 8945 3045 8948 3052 8907 3037 8904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 262DEG 19KT 3037 8936
$$
95/DM1 follow-up statement
253
WWUS54 KLIX 022143
SVSLIX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
343 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
MSC045-022153-
/O.CAN.KLIX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-120302T2200Z/
HANCOCK MS-
343 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL HANCOCK COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF HANCOCK COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3037 8907 3035 8909 3034 8914 3029 8928
3032 8930 3035 8929 3036 8932 3044 8934
3047 8934 3051 8919 3052 8907 3037 8904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 256DEG 28KT 3040 8922
$$
MSC047-022200-
/O.CON.KLIX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-120302T2200Z/
HARRISON MS-
343 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY...
AT 340 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
PASS CHRISTIAN...OR NEAR LONG BEACH...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LYMAN...GULFPORT AND GULFPORT AIRPORT
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 3037 8907 3035 8909 3034 8914 3029 8928
3032 8930 3035 8929 3036 8932 3044 8934
3047 8934 3051 8919 3052 8907 3037 8904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 256DEG 28KT 3040 8922
$$
95/DMThe office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 4:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 21 min |
| Mar 2, 5:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Walthall | 36 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.