Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 9, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Jan 13, 2013, 2:57 PM CST for Walthall County, Mississippi. It was in force for 18 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
- Jan 13, 2013, 2:57 PM CST (20:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 13, 2013, 3:15 PM CST
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Walthall County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 795 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
121
WFUS54 KLIX 132057
TORLIX
MSC147-132115-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0009.130113T2057Z-130113T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
257 PM CST SUN JAN 13 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL WALTHALL COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 315 PM CST
* AT 255 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
TYLERTOWN...OR 19 MILES NORTH OF FRANKLINTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
40 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
SALEM BY 305 PM CST...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3124 9004 3123 9002 3118 9002 3117 9000
3114 9000 3114 8994 3112 8993 3109 9013
3116 9019 3129 9004
TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 240DEG 36KT 3114 9013
$$
24/RR1 follow-up statement
170
WWUS54 KLIX 132109
SVSLIX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
309 PM CST SUN JAN 13 2013
MSC147-132119-
/O.EXP.KLIX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130113T2115Z/
WALTHALL MS-
309 PM CST SUN JAN 13 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL WALTHALL COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 315
PM CST...
THIS STORM WAS WEAKENING WHILE EXITING WALTHALL COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3124 9004 3123 9002 3118 9002 3117 9000
3114 9000 3114 8994 3112 8993 3109 9013
3116 9019 3129 9004
TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 240DEG 36KT 3120 9001
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 4:23 AM CST | Flash Flood Watch | LIX | Amite, Pike, Walthall, Wilkinson | 26 hr |
| Jan 13, 1:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike, Walthall | 55 min |
| Jan 13, 2:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pike, Walthall | 24 min |
| Jan 13, 2:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pike, Walthall | 18 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.