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Tornado Warning 21, NWS New Orleans, LA

February 10, 2013Amite County, Pike County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Feb 10, 2013, 4:10 PM CST for Amite County, Pike County, Mississippi. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 10, 2013, 4:10 PM CST (22:10 UTC)
Expired: Feb 10, 2013, 5:00 PM CST
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Amite County, MS, Pike County, MS

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Feb 10, 11:10 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 122 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 504 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 482 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 561 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

053 
WFUS54 KLIX 102210
TORLIX
MSC005-113-102300-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0021.130210T2210Z-130210T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
410 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN AMITE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHERN PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MCCOMB...

* UNTIL 500 PM CST

* AT 406 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF SMITHDALE...OR NEAR LIBERTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55
  MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  SUMMIT

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 600 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3127 9026 3117 9080 3133 9081 3136 9077
      3135 9026
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 247DEG 50KT 3126 9069

$$

CAB

1 follow-up statement

100 
WWUS54 KLIX 102228
SVSLIX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
428 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

MSC005-113-102300-
/O.CON.KLIX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130210T2300Z/
AMITE MS-PIKE MS-
428 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
PIKE AND NORTHEASTERN AMITE COUNTIES...

AT 423 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SUMMIT...OR 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF MCCOMB...
MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE
REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO PIKE COUNTY.

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 600 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3120 9062 3134 9063 3135 9026 3127 9026
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 250DEG 46KT 3131 9048

$$

CAB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 10, 4:02 AM CST	Flood Watch	LIX	Amite, Pearl River, Pike, Walthall, Wilkinson	62 hr
Feb 10, 8:03 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LIX	Hancock, Pearl River	28 days
Feb 10, 8:03 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LIX	Hancock, Pearl River	43 days
Feb 10, 9:13 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LIX	Pearl River	3 days
Feb 10, 1:22 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Amite, Wilkinson	38 min
Feb 10, 1:37 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Amite, Wilkinson	38 min
Feb 10, 2:05 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Amite	25 min
Feb 10, 2:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Amite, Pike	33 min
Feb 10, 2:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Wilkinson	44 min
Feb 10, 2:56 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Pike	19 min
Feb 10, 2:59 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Pearl River	46 min
Feb 10, 3:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Amite, Wilkinson	33 min
Feb 10, 3:44 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Amite, Pike	31 min
Feb 10, 3:59 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Walthall	31 min
Feb 10, 4:37 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Pike, Walthall	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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.