Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 2, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Feb 20, 2014, 5:59 PM CST for Amite County, Pike County, Mississippi. It was in force for 31 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 20, 2014, 5:59 PM CST (23:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2014, 6:30 PM CST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Amite County, MS, Pike County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 129 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -194 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 607 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
708
WFUS54 KLIX 202359
TORLIX
MSC005-113-210030-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0002.140220T2359Z-140221T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
559 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
AMITE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MCCOMB...
* UNTIL 630 PM CST
* AT 556 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MAGNOLIA...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MCCOMB...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MAGNOLIA BY 610 PM CST...
MCCOMB AND SUMMIT BY 620 PM CST...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...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 3123 9026 3100 9049 3100 9058 3108 9069
3136 9046 3135 9026
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 219DEG 32KT 3110 9054
$$2 follow-up statements
786
WWUS54 KLIX 210008
SVSLIX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
608 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014
MSC005-210018-
/O.CAN.KLIX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140221T0030Z/
AMITE MS-
608 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR AMITE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3123 9026 3100 9049 3100 9055 3125 9055
3136 9046 3135 9026
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 219DEG 32KT 3116 9049
$$
MSC113-210030-
/O.CON.KLIX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140221T0030Z/
PIKE MS-
608 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR PIKE
COUNTY...
AT 606 PM CST...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR MAGNOLIA...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF MCCOMB...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MCCOMB AND SUMMIT BY 620 PM CST...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...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 100 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3123 9026 3100 9049 3100 9055 3125 9055
3136 9046 3135 9026
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 219DEG 32KT 3116 9049
$$138
WWUS54 KLIX 210020
SVSLIX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
620 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014
MSC113-210027-
/O.CAN.KLIX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140221T0030Z/
PIKE MS-
620 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PIKE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
NO ROTATION WAS PRESENT WITH ASSOCIATED THUNDERSTORM OVER PIKE
COUNTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3123 9026 3100 9049 3100 9055 3125 9055
3136 9046 3135 9026
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 219DEG 32KT 3122 9043
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 5:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Amite, Wilkinson | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.