Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 76, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Sep 30, 2012, 1:51 PM CDT for Wilkinson County, Mississippi; West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 24 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
- Sep 30, 2012, 1:51 PM CDT (18:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 30, 2012, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2:03 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ese Woodville, MS | SEVERAL SMALL PINE TREES UPROOTED AND SNAPPED IN THE JUDY DAHL RD. AREA NORTH OF HIGHWAY 24. SOME TREES WERE CLEARED FROM THE ROADS IN THAT AREA. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 617 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 288 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
949
WFUS54 KLIX 301851
TORLIX
LAC125-MSC157-301915-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0076.120930T1851Z-120930T1915Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
151 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL WEST FELICIANA PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
EASTERN WILKINSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 215 PM CDT
* AT 149 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
WOODVILLE...OR 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF JACKSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL
AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3125 9106 3115 9106 3091 9132 3103 9148
3136 9118 3135 9116
TIME...MOT...LOC 1851Z 221DEG 26KT 3105 9133
$$2 follow-up statements
645
WWUS54 KLIX 301858
SVSLIX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
158 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012
LAC125-301908-
/O.CAN.KLIX.TO.W.0076.000000T0000Z-120930T1915Z/
WEST FELICIANA LA-
158 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WEST FELICIANA PARISH IS
CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3125 9106 3116 9110 3101 9129 3103 9145
3136 9118 3135 9116
TIME...MOT...LOC 1858Z 215DEG 23KT 3107 9132
$$
MSC157-301915-
/O.CON.KLIX.TO.W.0076.000000T0000Z-120930T1915Z/
WILKINSON MS-
158 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
WILKINSON COUNTY...
AT 154 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WOODVILLE...OR 17 MILES
NORTHWEST OF JACKSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
WOODVILLE BY 205 PM CDT...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3125 9106 3116 9110 3101 9129 3103 9145
3136 9118 3135 9116
TIME...MOT...LOC 1858Z 215DEG 23KT 3107 9132
$$736
WWUS54 KLIX 301917
SVSLIX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
217 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012
MSC157-301924-
/O.EXP.KLIX.TO.W.0076.000000T0000Z-120930T1915Z/
WILKINSON MS-
217 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN WILKINSON COUNTY EXPIRED AT 215
PM CDT...
AT 214 PM CDT...THE THUNDERSTORM ROTATION THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO
WARNING HAD WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.
LAT...LON 3125 9106 3116 9110 3101 9129 3103 9145
3136 9118 3135 9116
TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 215DEG 23KT 3115 9125
$$
22/TDThe office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 12:17 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Pike, Walthall | 56 hr |
| Sep 30, 12:17 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 43 hr |
| Sep 30, 12:17 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 67 hr |
| Sep 30, 10:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LIX | Jackson | 118 min |
| Sep 30, 2:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 27 min |
| Sep 30, 3:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 30 min |
| Sep 30, 3:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 22 min |
| Sep 30, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 38 min |
| Sep 29, 7:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LIX | Saint Tammany, Washington | 3 hr |
| Sep 29, 10:19 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 45 hr |
| Sep 29, 11:56 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 19 hr |
| Sep 30, 4:18 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 57 min | |
| Sep 30, 4:36 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 29 hr |
| Sep 30, 5:28 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 92 min | |
| Sep 30, 8:35 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 55 min | |
| Sep 30, 8:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 4 days |
| Sep 30, 1:20 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 55 min | |
| Sep 30, 1:47 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 28 min | |
| Sep 30, 3:15 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 60 min | |
| Sep 30, 5:03 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 57 min | |
| Sep 30, 6:00 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 45 min | |
| Sep 30, 6:45 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 60 min | |
| Sep 30, 6:52 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 38 min |
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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.