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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS New Orleans, LA

June 9, 2013Wilkinson County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2013, 6:10 PM CDT for Wilkinson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 65 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 2013, 6:10 PM CDT (23:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2013, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Wilkinson County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 174 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2013-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1423 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2013-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 144 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1423 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
593 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS New Orleans, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 9, 3:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 3:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 12:06 PM CDT, 6 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1206 PM CDT SUN JUN 9 2013

GMZ530-532-534-536-538-550-552-555-557-570-572-575-577-LAZ034>037-
039-040-046>050-056>072-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-100515-
LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS-MISSISSIPPI SOUND-
LAKE BORGNE-CHANDELEUR SOUND-BRETON SOUND-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER OUT
20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
TO PORT FOURCHON OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM BOOTHVILLE LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER FROM
20 TO 60 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
TO PORT FOURCHON FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM STAKE ISLAND LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA FROM 20 TO
60 NM-POINTE COUPEE-WEST FELICIANA-EAST FELICIANA-ST. HELENA-
WASHINGTON-ST. TAMMANY-IBERVILLE-WEST BATON ROUGE-
EAST BATON ROUGE-ASCENSION-LIVINGSTON-ASSUMPTION-ST. JAMES-
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-UPPER LAFOURCHE-ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-
ORLEANS-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST. BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE-
LOWER TERREBONNE-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON-
LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD-NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA-
SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA-WILKINSON-AMITE-PIKE-WALTHALL-PEARL RIVER-
HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON-
1206 PM CDT SUN JUN 9 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA...SOUTH MISSISSIPPI AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS 25 TO 35
MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. SMALL HAIL MAY
ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS AS WELL. WATERSPOUTS WILL BE LIKELY
IN MARINE AREAS.

RIVER LEVELS WILL REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGES AT RED RIVER LANDING
AND MORGAN CITY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY. ISOLATED AFTERNOON
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON TUESDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS MAY INCREASE IN COVERAGE FRIDAY AND
EARLY SATURDAY ALONG AND AHEAD OF A WEAK FRONT.

RIVER LEVELS WILL REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGES AT RED RIVER LANDING
AND MORGAN CITY THROUGH NEXT SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 1:36 PM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before
MSZ077-091930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
136 PM CDT SUN JUN 9 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING EAST AFFECTING PEARL RIVER COUNTY...

AT 133 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTH OF POPLARVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 10
MPH.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...POPLARVILLE

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...PEA TO
DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN TREE
LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE
HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN A
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING
ROADWAYS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED
ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 5:14 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 7:28 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX62 min
Jun 8, 8:47 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLIXSaint Tammany118 min
Jun 8, 8:57 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX93 min
Jun 9, 1:25 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryLIX3 hr
Jun 9, 7:25 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX65 min
Jun 9, 9:45 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX60 min
Jun 9, 10:00 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX45 min
Jun 9, 10:58 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX47 min
Jun 9, 11:38 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX37 min
Jun 9, 11:54 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX51 min
Jun 9, 12:15 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX45 min
Jun 9, 1:38 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX37 min
Jun 9, 1:49 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLIXPearl River116 min
Jun 9, 2:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXHancock, Pearl River3 hr
Jun 9, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAmite, Wilkinson60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2013Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013

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.