Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 67, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Aug 29, 2012, 11:54 PM CDT for Hancock County, Pearl River County, Mississippi. It was in force for 36 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, 11:54 PM CDT (04:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2012, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hancock County, MS, Pearl River County, MS
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 |
| Aug 29, 11:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 72 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.
414
WFUS54 KLIX 300454
TORLIX
MSC045-109-300530-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0067.120830T0454Z-120830T0530Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1154 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
PEARL RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF POPLARVILLE...
* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT
* AT 1149 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 22 MILES SOUTH
OF POPLARVILLE...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF DIAMONDHEAD...MOVING NORTH AT
55 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL
AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES.
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. A TORNADO WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3100 8949 3060 8934 3054 8934 3048 8951
3096 8974 3097 8973 3100 8973 3101 8972
3101 8956 3102 8955 3102 8950
TIME...MOT...LOC 0454Z 160DEG 50KT 3060 8945
$$1 follow-up statement
456
WWUS54 KLIX 300528
SVSLIX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1228 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012
MSC045-109-300538-
/O.EXP.KLIX.TO.W.0067.000000T0000Z-120830T0530Z/
PEARL RIVER MS-HANCOCK MS-
1228 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK AND PEARL RIVER
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1230 AM CDT...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3100 8949 3060 8934 3054 8934 3048 8951
3096 8974 3097 8973 3100 8973 3101 8972
3101 8956 3102 8955 3102 8950
TIME...MOT...LOC 0528Z 160DEG 50KT 3104 8964
$$
MJHThe 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, 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 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 |
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.