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Tornado Warning 42, NWS New Orleans, LA

June 5, 2012Jackson County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2012, 7:45 PM CDT for Jackson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 15 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
Jun 5, 2012, 7:45 PM CDT (00:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
15 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Jackson County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 00:00Z on 2012-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1700 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2012-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

293 
WFUS54 KLIX 060045
TORLIX
MSC059-060100-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0042.120606T0045Z-120606T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
745 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 800 PM CDT

* AT 740 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
  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 8871 3034 8875 3039 8882 3040 8882
      3039 8883 3042 8886 3042 8889 3043 8888
      3050 8888 3050 8873
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 357DEG 6KT 3041 8883

$$
1 follow-up statement
392 
WWUS54 KLIX 060101
SVSLIX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
801 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 2012

MSC059-060111-
/O.EXP.KLIX.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-120606T0100Z/
JACKSON MS-
801 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.

LAT...LON 3034 8871 3034 8875 3039 8882 3040 8882
      3039 8883 3042 8886 3042 8889 3043 8888
      3050 8888 3050 8873
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 357DEG 6KT 3041 8883

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 7:19 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXJackson26 min

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.