Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 78, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Sep 30, 2012, 3:15 PM CDT for Hancock County, Pearl River County, Mississippi. It was in force for 30 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, 3:15 PM CDT (20:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 30, 2012, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 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, 3:20 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 51 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.
948
WFUS54 KLIX 302015
TORLIX
MSC045-109-302045-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0078.120930T2015Z-120930T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
315 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...
SOUTHEASTERN PEARL RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 345 PM CDT
* AT 310 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER HANCOCK
COUNTY...OR 10 MILES EAST OF PICAYUNE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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 3073 8934 3066 8934 3065 8934 3063 8934
3062 8934 3055 8934 3044 8948 3053 8961
3071 8945
TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 216DEG 22KT 3053 8949
$$
98/SO2 follow-up statements
609
WWUS54 KLIX 302029
SVSLIX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
329 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012
MSC045-109-302045-
/O.CON.KLIX.TO.W.0078.000000T0000Z-120930T2045Z/
PEARL RIVER MS-HANCOCK MS-
329 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK AND EAST CENTRAL PEARL RIVER COUNTIES...
AT 325 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS REPORTED. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER HANCOCK COUNTY...OR 14
MILES EAST OF PICAYUNE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER
PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
PLEASE FOLLOW OUR OFFICE ON BOTH FACEBOOK AND TWITTER FOR MORE
INFORMATION ON SEVERE WEATHER AND TO RELAY WEATHER REPORTS AND
PHOTOS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3073 8934 3065 8934 3063 8934 3062 8934
3061 8934 3052 8942 3056 8955 3071 8945
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 216DEG 22KT 3060 8943
$$
98/SO204
WWUS54 KLIX 302042
SVSLIX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
342 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012
MSC045-109-302051-
/O.EXP.KLIX.TO.W.0078.000000T0000Z-120930T2045Z/
PEARL RIVER MS-HANCOCK MS-
342 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK AND EAST CENTRAL
PEARL RIVER COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 345 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED. ADDITIONAL
WARNINGS ARE POSSIBLE AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
800 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3073 8934 3065 8934 3063 8934 3062 8934
3061 8934 3052 8942 3056 8955 3071 8945
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 216DEG 22KT 3066 8938
$$
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, 2:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 27 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.