Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 68, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Aug 30, 2012, 2:33 AM CDT for Hancock County, Harrison County, Pearl River County, Mississippi. It was in force for 27 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 30, 2012, 2:33 AM CDT (07:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2012, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hancock County, MS, Harrison 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, 11:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 37 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.
624
WFUS54 KLIX 300733
TORLIX
MSC045-047-109-300800-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0068.120830T0733Z-120830T0800Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
233 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WAVELAND...DIAMONDHEAD...BAY ST.
LOUIS...
SOUTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
EAST CENTRAL PEARL RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 300 AM CDT
* AT 231 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
DIAMONDHEAD...MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO KILN
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 800 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3071 8935 3036 8930 3037 8934 3035 8937
3035 8934 3031 8931 3032 8929 3030 8929
3031 8932 3026 8938 3025 8945 3068 8954
TIME...MOT...LOC 0733Z 175DEG 42KT 3037 8940
$$
MJH1 follow-up statement
896
WWUS54 KLIX 300800
SVSLIX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
300 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012
MSC045-047-109-300811-
/O.EXP.KLIX.TO.W.0068.000000T0000Z-120830T0800Z/
PEARL RIVER MS-HANCOCK MS-HARRISON MS-
300 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN HARRISON...EASTERN HANCOCK
AND EAST CENTRAL PEARL RIVER COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3071 8935 3036 8930 3037 8934 3035 8937
3035 8934 3031 8931 3032 8929 3030 8929
3031 8932 3026 8938 3025 8945 3068 8954
TIME...MOT...LOC 0733Z 175DEG 42KT 3037 8940
$$
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 29, 11:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 36 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.