Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 29, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 22, 2012, 4:52 AM CDT for Harrison County, Jackson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 23 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, 4:52 AM CDT (09:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2012, 5:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Harrison County, MS, Jackson County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:52 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, 5:05 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Biloxi, MS | DAMAGE REPORTED AT THE HAMPTON INN. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Mar 22, 5:10 AM CDT | TORNADO 0 | 5 N Biloxi, MS | NWS STORM SURVEY CONFIRMED A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG HWY 67 AT HWY 15. MOST OF THE DAMAGE WAS AT THE STARTING POINT WITH A LARGE SHED DOOR BLOWN IN CAUSING ROOF DAMAGE AND A PATIO ROOF LIFTED OFF. MOST OF THE REMAINDER OF THE DAMAGE WAS SHINGLES AND FENCES |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 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.
829
WFUS54 KLIX 220952
TORLIX
MSC047-059-221015-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0029.120322T0952Z-120322T1015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
452 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BILOXI...
SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ST. MARTIN...OCEAN SPRINGS...
* UNTIL 515 AM CDT
* AT 449 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTH
OF BILOXI...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT AREAS AROUND BILOXI AND OCEAN SPRINGS.
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 3041 8885 3039 8886 3037 8881 3036 8881
3036 8884 3037 8886 3038 8886 3039 8895
3052 8894 3051 8878 3037 8879
TIME...MOT...LOC 0951Z 181DEG 21KT 3037 8889
$$1 follow-up statement
477
WWUS54 KLIX 221015
SVSLIX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
515 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2012
MSC047-059-221025-
/O.EXP.KLIX.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-120322T1015Z/
JACKSON MS-HARRISON MS-
515 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HARRISON AND WEST CENTRAL
JACKSON COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
LAT...LON 3041 8885 3039 8886 3037 8881 3036 8881
3036 8884 3037 8886 3038 8886 3039 8895
3052 8894 3051 8878 3037 8879
TIME...MOT...LOC 1015Z 181DEG 21KT 3051 8889
$$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, 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, 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.