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Tornado Warning 69, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Aug 30, 2012, 5:31 AM CDT for Jackson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 29 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, 5:31 AM CDT (10:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2012, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Jackson County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:31 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, 11:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 121 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.
062
WFUS54 KLIX 301031
TORLIX
MSC059-301100-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0069.120830T1031Z-120830T1100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
531 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MOSS POINT...ESCATAWPA...
* UNTIL 600 AM CDT
* AT 527 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
ESCATAWPA...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WADE
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 3041 8847 3044 8868 3074 8863 3074 8841
3073 8841 3067 8841
TIME...MOT...LOC 1031Z 190DEG 39KT 3052 8855
$$1 follow-up statement
517
WWUS54 KLIX 301056
SVSLIX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
556 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012
MSC059-301107-
/O.EXP.KLIX.TO.W.0069.000000T0000Z-120830T1100Z/
JACKSON MS-
556 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 600
AM CDT...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3041 8847 3044 8868 3074 8863 3074 8841
3073 8841 3067 8841
TIME...MOT...LOC 1057Z 190DEG 39KT 3080 8849
$$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, 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, 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.