Tornado Warning 61, NWS New Orleans, LA

Issued

Aug 29, 2012, 5:14 PM CDT (22:14 UTC)

Expired

Aug 29, 2012, 5:45 PM CDT

In force

31 min

Issued by

NWS New Orleans, LA

Area

Storm-based polygon

County Harrison County, MS

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942 
WFUS54 KLIX 292214
TORLIX
MSC047-292245-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0061.120829T2214Z-120829T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
514 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LONG BEACH...GULFPORT...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 511 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR GULFPORT...
  MOVING NORTH AT 50 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3039 8896 3038 8901 3036 8907 3035 8909
      3034 8917 3065 8931 3065 8925 3067 8924
      3069 8913 3068 8899
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 159DEG 42KT 3038 8908

$$


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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.