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Tornado Warning 62, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Aug 29, 2012, 6:30 PM CDT for Harrison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 30 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
- Aug 29, 2012, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Harrison County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 3:53 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 625 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 465 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 298 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 338 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 8.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
546
WFUS54 KLIX 292330
TORLIX
MSC047-300000-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0062.120829T2330Z-120830T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
630 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 628 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF SAUCIER...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF BILOXI...MOVING
NORTHWEST AT 45 MPH.
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 3047 8907 3056 8914 3058 8915 3058 8916
3060 8917 3067 8922 3068 8923 3068 8898
3057 8891 3056 8891
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 150DEG 41KT 3055 8902
$$
DUNN1 follow-up statement
274
WWUS54 KLIX 292354
SVSLIX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
654 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2012
MSC047-300004-
/O.EXP.KLIX.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-120830T0000Z/
HARRISON MS-
654 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL HARRISON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 700 PM CDT...
TORNADOES WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NIGHTTIME HOURS WITH
THESE TROPICAL RAIN BANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3047 8907 3056 8914 3058 8915 3058 8916
3060 8917 3067 8922 3068 8923 3068 8898
3057 8891 3056 8891
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 150DEG 41KT 3078 8919
$$
DUNNThe office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 9:21 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Pike, Walthall | 4 days |
| Aug 28, 9:37 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 11 days |
| Aug 28, 9:43 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 13 days |
| Aug 28, 9:47 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 5 days |
| Aug 28, 9:53 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 4 days |
| Aug 28, 9:58 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Jackson | 6 days |
| Aug 28, 10:13 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Harrison | 4 days |
| Aug 29, 3:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 24 min |
| Aug 29, 4:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 21 min |
| Aug 29, 4:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 4:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 23 min |
| Aug 29, 4:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 20 min |
| Aug 29, 5:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 27 min |
| Aug 29, 5:36 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 24 min |
| Aug 29, 6:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 25 min |
| Aug 29, 8:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 17 min |
| Aug 29, 9:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 11 min |
| Aug 29, 10:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River | 26 min |
| Aug 29, 12:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River | 25 min |
| Aug 29, 12:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 32 min |
| Aug 29, 1:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 30 min |
| Aug 29, 1:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Harrison | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 1:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Pearl River, Walthall | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 3:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 27 min |
| Aug 29, 4:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Harrison | 4 hr |
| Aug 29, 4:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Pearl River, Walthall | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 5:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.