Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 86, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Dec 10, 2012, 9:19 AM CST for Pearl River County, Mississippi; Washington Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 26 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
- Dec 10, 2012, 9:19 AM CST (15:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2012, 9:45 AM CST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Washington Parish, LA, Pearl River County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 9:30 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Bogalusa, LA | METAL ROOF DAMAGE AT A NURSERY IN BOGALUSA |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 8:51 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Dec 10, 5:44 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- 767 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 488 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 237 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 263 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 7.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
387
WFUS54 KLIX 101519
TORLIX
LAC117-MSC109-101545-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0086.121210T1519Z-121210T1545Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
919 AM CST MON DEC 10 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BOGALUSA...
NORTHERN PEARL RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF POPLARVILLE...
* UNTIL 945 AM CST
* AT 916 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BOGALUSA...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
VARNADO AND CROSSROADS
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 300 PM CST MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CST MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA.
&&
LAT...LON 3079 8941 3073 8988 3084 8999 3101 8964
3101 8962
TIME...MOT...LOC 1519Z 258DEG 27KT 3079 8986
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 6:31 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Amite | 29 min |
| Dec 10, 7:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pike, Walthall | 36 min |
| Dec 10, 7:33 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pike, Walthall | 27 min |
| Dec 10, 7:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Walthall | 37 min |
| Dec 10, 8:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pearl River, Pike, Walthall | 52 min |
| Dec 10, 9:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 65 min |
| Dec 10, 9:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 65 min |
| Dec 10, 9:41 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 49 min |
| Dec 10, 10:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 22 min |
| Dec 10, 10:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock | 42 min |
| Dec 10, 3:13 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LIX | 24 hr | |
| Dec 10, 6:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Livingston, Saint Helena, West Baton Rouge | 35 min |
| Dec 10, 7:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, Livingston, Saint Helena, West Baton Rouge | 37 min |
| Dec 10, 7:45 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Livingston, Saint Helena | 30 min |
| Dec 10, 7:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Livingston, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa | 34 min |
| Dec 10, 8:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Ascension, Assumption, Iberville, Saint James | 40 min |
| Dec 10, 8:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, Livingston, Saint Helena, Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa | 29 min |
| Dec 10, 8:54 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Ascension, Livingston | 36 min |
| Dec 10, 8:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Ascension, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist | 47 min |
| Dec 10, 9:00 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 60 min | |
| Dec 10, 9:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Assumption, Lafourche, Saint Charles, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist | 47 min |
| Dec 10, 9:55 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 50 min | |
| Dec 10, 10:42 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 33 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.