Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 41, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2012, 7:19 PM CDT for Jackson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report 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
- Jun 5, 2012, 7:19 PM CDT (00:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2012, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Jackson County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 7:40 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Ocean Springs, MS | A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS OBSERVED JUST NORTH OF OCEAN SPRINGS NEAR INTERSTATE 10. |
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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 1700 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1449 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
131
WFUS54 KLIX 060019
TORLIX
MSC059-060045-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0041.120606T0019Z-120606T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
719 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ST. MARTIN...OCEAN SPRINGS...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 717 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR OCEAN
SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GULF
PARK ESTATES
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 3034 8875 3039 8882 3040 8882 3042 8886
3042 8889 3043 8888 3051 8888 3051 8871
3035 8870 3034 8870
TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 000DEG 4KT 3042 8881
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 15 min |
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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.