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Tornado Warning 25, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 21, 2012, 7:09 PM CDT for Hancock County, Harrison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 21 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 21, 2012, 7:09 PM CDT (00:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 21, 2012, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hancock County, MS, Harrison 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 35 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
- 131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 505 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 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
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
128 WFUS54 KLIX 220009 TORLIX MSC045-047-220030- /O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0025.120322T0009Z-120322T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 709 PM CDT WED MAR 21 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DIAMONDHEAD... WEST CENTRAL HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 705 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR KILN...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DIAMONDHEAD...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES. 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 100 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. && LAT...LON 3031 8938 3035 8955 3064 8950 3064 8928 TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 189DEG 35KT 3039 8945 $$
1 follow-up statement
707 WWUS54 KLIX 220034 SVSLIX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 734 PM CDT WED MAR 21 2012 MSC045-047-220044- /O.EXP.KLIX.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-120322T0030Z/ HANCOCK MS-HARRISON MS- 734 PM CDT WED MAR 21 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL HARRISON AND NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3031 8938 3035 8955 3064 8950 3064 8928 TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 189DEG 35KT 3039 8945 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 7:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 3 hr |
| Mar 21, 8:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 26 min |
| Mar 21, 8:34 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 20 days |
| Mar 21, 8:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Harrison | 3 hr |
| Mar 21, 10:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 26 min |
| Mar 21, 11:13 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock | 4 hr |
| Mar 21, 11:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Harrison | 2 hr |
| Mar 22, 12:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 27 min |
| Mar 22, 1:34 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Harrison | 4 days |
| Mar 22, 1:34 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Harrison | 4 days |
| Mar 22, 2:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Harrison | 3 hr |
| Mar 22, 4:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 23 min |
| Mar 22, 7:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 29 min |
| Mar 22, 8:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Mar 22, 9:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 31 min |
| Mar 22, 10:51 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Harrison | 55 hr |
| Mar 22, 10:56 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Jackson | 10 days |
| Mar 22, 2:03 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Harrison | 42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.