Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 26, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 21, 2012, 8:19 PM CDT for Hancock County, Harrison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 26 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 21, 2012, 8:19 PM CDT (01:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 21, 2012, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hancock County, MS, Harrison County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 8:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nw Pass Christian, MS | POWER POLES DOWN. |
| Mar 21, 8:32 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Nnw Pass Christian, MS | HARRISON COUNTY EM REPORTED MINOR ROOF AND SKIRTING DAMAGE TO A MOBILE HOME ON WALNUT ROAD NEAR VIDALIA ROAD. HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED BUT UNKNOWN SIZE. SPORATIC POWERLINE AND TREE DAMAGE ALSO REPORTED THROUGHT THAT AREA. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Mar 21, 8:32 PM CDT | TORNADO 0 | 12 Nw Long Beach, MS | NWS SURVEY CONCLUDED AN EF0 TORNADO 50 YARDS WIDE WAS ON THE GROUND FOR 1/4 MILE. WINDS ESTIMATED AT 70 MPH. DAMAGE TO A TRAILER AT VIDALIA AND WALNUT ROADS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 42 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.
774
WFUS54 KLIX 220119
TORLIX
MSC045-047-220145-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0026.120322T0119Z-120322T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
819 PM CDT WED MAR 21 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL HANCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BAY ST. LOUIS...
SOUTHERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LONG BEACH...
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* AT 815 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BAY ST.
LOUIS...OR NEAR WAVELAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PASS
CHRISTIAN AND LYMAN
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
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 3032 8917 3030 8927 3031 8931 3027 8936
3028 8938 3035 8936 3035 8934 3032 8931
3034 8929 3037 8932 3036 8936 3062 8929
3047 8899
TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 204DEG 26KT 3028 8932
$$1 follow-up statement
447
WWUS54 KLIX 220131
SVSLIX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
831 PM CDT WED MAR 21 2012
MSC045-220141-
/O.CAN.KLIX.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-120322T0145Z/
HANCOCK MS-
831 PM CDT WED MAR 21 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL HANCOCK COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3033 8916 3030 8927 3031 8930 3035 8929
3037 8932 3037 8934 3043 8934 3062 8929
3047 8899
TIME...MOT...LOC 0131Z 201DEG 27KT 3037 8929
$$
MSC047-220145-
/O.CON.KLIX.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-120322T0145Z/
HARRISON MS-
831 PM CDT WED MAR 21 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
HARRISON COUNTY...
AT 829 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PASS CHRISTIAN...OR
NEAR BAY ST. LOUIS...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LONG
BEACH AND LYMAN
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
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 3033 8916 3030 8927 3031 8930 3035 8929
3037 8932 3037 8934 3043 8934 3062 8929
3047 8899
TIME...MOT...LOC 0131Z 201DEG 27KT 3037 8929
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 21 min |
| Mar 21, 7:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 3 hr |
| 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.