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Tornado Warning 31, NWS New Orleans, LA

March 22, 2012Jackson County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 22, 2012, 9:44 AM CDT for Jackson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 31 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 22, 2012, 9:44 AM CDT (14:44 UTC)
Expired
Mar 22, 2012, 10:15 AM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Jackson County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:43 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 22, 7:15 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 108 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2012-03-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2012-03-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 148 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
438 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
377 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

175 
WFUS54 KLIX 221444
TORLIX
MSC059-221515-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0031.120322T1444Z-120322T1515Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
944 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MOSS POINT...ESCATAWPA...

* UNTIL 1015 AM CDT

* AT 941 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A WATERSPOUT TORNADO 
  8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PASCAGOULA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS 
WATERSPOUT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ONSHORE NEAR GAUTIER. 

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  GAUTIER BY 950 AM CDT...
  MOSS POINT BY 1000 AM CDT...
  ESCATAWPA BY 1005 AM CDT...

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 NOON CDT THURSDAY FOR
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3034 8857 3034 8858 3035 8859 3035 8861
      3036 8862 3035 8869 3057 8863 3052 8846
TIME...MOT...LOC 1442Z 204DEG 29KT 3030 8865

$$


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The office that day

Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 21, 7:09 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXHancock, Harrison21 min
Mar 21, 7:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXHancock, Pearl River3 hr
Mar 21, 8:19 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXHancock, Harrison26 min
Mar 21, 8:34 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXHancock, Pearl River20 days
Mar 21, 8:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXHarrison3 hr
Mar 21, 10:08 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXHarrison26 min
Mar 21, 11:13 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningLIXHancock4 hr
Mar 21, 11:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXHarrison2 hr
Mar 22, 12:18 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXHarrison, Jackson27 min
Mar 22, 1:34 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXHarrison4 days
Mar 22, 1:34 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXHarrison4 days
Mar 22, 2:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXHarrison3 hr
Mar 22, 4:52 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXHarrison, Jackson23 min
Mar 22, 7:01 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXJackson29 min
Mar 22, 8:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXJackson3 hr
Mar 22, 10:51 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXHarrison55 hr
Mar 22, 10:56 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXJackson10 days
Mar 22, 2:03 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXHarrison42 hr

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.