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Tornado Warning 63, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Aug 29, 2012, 7:18 PM CDT for Jackson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 27 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
- Aug 29, 2012, 7:18 PM CDT (00:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2012, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Jackson County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 7:30 PM CDT | TORNADO | Gulf Park Estates, MS | A TORNADO DAMAGED HOMES AND KNOCKED DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 408 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 464 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 299 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 301 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 6.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
929
WFUS54 KLIX 300018
TORLIX
MSC059-300045-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0063.120830T0018Z-120830T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
718 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ST. MARTIN...OCEAN SPRINGS...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 716 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A TORNADO NEAR GULF PARK ESTATES...OR NEAR OCEAN
SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 55 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 3033 8872 3037 8880 3042 8885 3042 8888
3068 8889 3073 8889 3074 8888 3074 8885
3037 8863 3036 8863
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 150DEG 50KT 3043 8878
$$
DUNN1 follow-up statement
114
WWUS54 KLIX 300038
SVSLIX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
738 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2012
MSC059-300047-
/O.EXP.KLIX.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-120830T0045Z/
JACKSON MS-
738 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN JACKSON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 745
PM CDT...
BRIEF TORNADOES WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ALONG COASTAL MISSISSIPPI OVER
THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AS BANDS FROM TROPICAL STORM ISAAC CONTINUE
TO MOVE INLAND.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3033 8872 3037 8880 3042 8885 3042 8888
3068 8889 3073 8889 3074 8888 3074 8885
3037 8863 3036 8863
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 150DEG 50KT 3065 8894
$$
DUNNThe office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 7:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River, Walthall | 4 hr |
| Aug 29, 8:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 8 hr |
| Aug 29, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 62 min |
| Aug 29, 9:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 63 min |
| Aug 29, 11:29 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Pike | 59 hr |
| Aug 29, 11:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 29 min |
| Aug 29, 11:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River, Walthall | 5 hr |
| Aug 29, 11:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 36 min |
| Aug 30, 2:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River | 27 min |
| Aug 30, 4:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 5:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 29 min |
| Aug 30, 6:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 40 min |
| Aug 30, 7:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Jackson | 4 hr |
| Aug 30, 7:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 31 min |
| Aug 30, 7:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 8:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Pike | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 9:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock | 28 min |
| Aug 30, 10:32 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Jackson | 10 days |
| Aug 30, 11:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Pike | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 11:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Jackson | 4 hr |
| Aug 30, 1:19 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Harrison | 34 hr |
| Aug 30, 3:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 36 min |
| Aug 30, 4:21 PM CDT | Coastal Flood Warning | LIX | 49 hr |
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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.