Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 28, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 22, 2012, 12:18 AM CDT for Harrison County, Jackson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 27 min. 2 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 22, 2012, 12:18 AM CDT (05:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2012, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Harrison County, MS, Jackson County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:20 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 22, 12:25 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Nnw Biloxi, MS | ALONG JOHN LEE ROAD AND ROBERTS ROAD...A 30 FOOT CAMPER WAS FLIPPED...TREES WERE TWISTED AND TOPPLED...THE ROOF OF A SHED WAS BLOWN OFF...AND A FENCE ANCHORED IN CEMENT WAS BLOWN DOWN. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Mar 22, 12:35 AM CDT | TORNADO 1 | 15 Nne Gulfport, MS | NWS STORM SURVEY CONFIRMED A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON JOHN LEE ROAD AND ROBERTS ROAD. TREES WERE TWISTED... A TRAVEL TRAILER WAS FLIPPED... AND SEVERAL HOMES LOST A PORTION OF THEIR ROOF. THE PATHWIDTH WAS 100 YARDS AND WAS ON THE GROUND FOR NEARLY 1 MILE. ESTI |
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, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 83 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.
365
WFUS54 KLIX 220518
TORLIX
MSC047-059-220545-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0028.120322T0518Z-120322T0545Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1218 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BILOXI...
NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT
* AT 1211 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BILOXI...
MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT AREAS AROUND BILOXI AND LOCATIONS NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 10 NORTH OF BILOXI. OTHERWISE THE TORNADO 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 SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3038 8891 3038 8897 3042 8911 3055 8908
3068 8904 3068 8889 3073 8889 3074 8888
3074 8877 3073 8876
TIME...MOT...LOC 0516Z 197DEG 30KT 3048 8898
$$1 follow-up statement
073
WWUS54 KLIX 220543
SVSLIX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1243 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2012
MSC047-059-220553-
/O.EXP.KLIX.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-120322T0545Z/
JACKSON MS-HARRISON MS-
1243 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN HARRISON AND NORTHWESTERN JACKSON
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1245 AM CDT...
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3038 8891 3038 8897 3042 8911 3055 8908
3068 8904 3068 8889 3073 8889 3074 8888
3074 8877 3073 8876
TIME...MOT...LOC 0543Z 197DEG 30KT 3061 8899
$$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, 8:19 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, 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.