Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 77, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Sep 30, 2012, 2:48 PM CDT for Hancock County, Pearl River County, Mississippi. It was in force for 27 min. 2 reports 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, 2:48 PM CDT (19:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 30, 2012, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hancock County, MS, Pearl River County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 3:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 15 E Picayune, MS | STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO TWO HOMES ON LOBLOLLY DRIVE. |
| Sep 30, 3:20 PM CDT | TORNADO 1 | 9 Nnw Kiln, MS | A WEAK TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG AN INTERMITTENT TRACK FROM THE CYPRESS LAKE AREA NORTHEAST TO JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE COMMUNITY OF NECAISE. A FEW HOMES HAD MINOR ROOF DAMAGE...ONE HOME WAS SHIFTED OFF ITS FOUNDATION...ONE HOME HAD PORTION OF SIDING ROOF PEELED |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2:36 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 24 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
- 1360 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 552 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
988
WFUS54 KLIX 301948
TORLIX
MSC045-109-302015-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0077.120930T1948Z-120930T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
248 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTH CENTRAL PEARL RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 315 PM CDT
* AT 244 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR STENNIS
SPACE CENTER...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF PICAYUNE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 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 800 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3051 8938 3033 8963 3036 8966 3041 8969
3041 8968 3045 8968 3046 8970 3061 8954
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 220DEG 24KT 3040 8962
$$
98/SO1 follow-up statement
263
WWUS54 KLIX 302000
SVSLIX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
300 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012
MSC045-109-302015-
/O.CON.KLIX.TO.W.0077.000000T0000Z-120930T2015Z/
PEARL RIVER MS-HANCOCK MS-
300 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
HANCOCK AND SOUTH CENTRAL PEARL RIVER COUNTIES...
AT 255 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED OVER HANCOCK COUNTY...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
PICAYUNE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THE STORM CONTINUES TO SHOW ROTATION ON RADAR. REGARDLESS OF IF A
TORNADO DEVELOPS...STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY TO AFFECT THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER
PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
PLEASE FOLLOW OUR OFFICE ON BOTH FACEBOOK AND TWITTER FOR MORE
INFORMATION ON SEVERE WEATHER AND TO RELAY WEATHER REPORTS AND
PHOTOS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3041 8964 3042 8966 3045 8968 3046 8968
3060 8954 3051 8939 3037 8957
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 220DEG 24KT 3046 8956
$$
98/SOThe 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, 1:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 24 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 |
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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.