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Tornado Warning 64, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Aug 29, 2012, 8:28 PM CDT for Jackson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 62 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, 8:28 PM CDT (01:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2012, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Jackson County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 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 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 99 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.
750
WFUS54 KLIX 300128
TORLIX
MSC059-300230-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0064.120830T0128Z-120830T0230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
828 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OCEAN SPRINGS...PASCAGOULA...
MOSS POINT...ESCATAWPA...
* UNTIL 930 PM CDT
* AT 820 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS EMBEDDED IN A RAINBAND ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL
STORM ISAAC THAT WERE EXHIBITING ROTATION AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
TORNADOES. THESE EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IMPACTING JACKSON
COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH 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.
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.
PLEASE FOLLOW OUR OFFICE ON BOTH FACEBOOK AND TWITTER FOR MORE
INFORMATION ON SEVERE WEATHER AND TO RELAY WEATHER REPORTS AND
PHOTOS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3040 8883 3054 8889 3073 8889 3074 8888
3074 8844 3037 8840
TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 160DEG 50KT 3061 8877
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 7:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 27 min |
| 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.