Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 3, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Jan 26, 2012, 8:07 AM CST for Harrison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 38 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
- Jan 26, 2012, 8:07 AM CST (14:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 26, 2012, 8:45 AM CST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Harrison County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 4:18 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 49 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
- 1176 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 461 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 354 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 359 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.6
- Supercell composite
- 10.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
367
WFUS54 KLIX 261407
TORLIX
MSC047-261500-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0003.120126T1407Z-120126T1500Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
807 AM CST THU JAN 26 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LONG BEACH...
* UNTIL 900 AM CST
* AT 806 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PASS
CHRISTIAN...OR NEAR BAY ST. LOUIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LYMAN
AND SAUCIER
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 NOON CST THURSDAY FOR
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3030 8924 3030 8929 3030 8930 3033 8930
3035 8929 3037 8933 3066 8923 3066 8904
3048 8894
TIME...MOT...LOC 1408Z 214DEG 38KT 3031 8931
$$
7/ARM2 follow-up statements
080
WWUS54 KLIX 261419
SVSLIX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
819 AM CST THU JAN 26 2012
MSC047-261500-
/O.CON.KLIX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120126T1500Z/
HARRISON MS-
819 AM CST THU JAN 26 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CST FOR CENTRAL
HARRISON COUNTY...
AT 819 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LONG BEACH...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LYMAN
AND SAUCIER
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER
PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY FOR
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3033 8920 3035 8927 3038 8929 3066 8923
3066 8904 3048 8894
TIME...MOT...LOC 1419Z 219DEG 39KT 3040 8921
$$
7/ARM005
WWUS54 KLIX 261445
SVSLIX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
845 AM CST THU JAN 26 2012
MSC047-261455-
/O.CAN.KLIX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120126T1500Z/
HARRISON MS-
845 AM CST THU JAN 26 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL HARRISON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY FOR
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3033 8920 3035 8927 3038 8929 3066 8923
3066 8904 3048 8894
TIME...MOT...LOC 1445Z 219DEG 39KT 3062 8900
$$
7/ARMThe office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 7:45 PM CST | Flash Flood Watch | LIX | Amite, Pearl River, Pike, Walthall, Wilkinson | 15 hr |
| Jan 25, 9:50 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LIX | Amite, Wilkinson | 224 days |
| Jan 26, 4:23 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LIX | Walthall | 112 min |
| Jan 26, 8:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 53 min |
| Jan 26, 9:24 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 6 days |
| Jan 26, 9:24 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River, Pike, Walthall | 6 days |
| Jan 26, 9:59 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LIX | Pike | 29 hr |
| Jan 26, 10:24 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 8 days |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.