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Tornado Warning 22, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Oct 13, 2014, 5:21 PM CDT for Jackson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 24 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
- Oct 13, 2014, 5:21 PM CDT (22:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 13, 2014, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Jackson County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 1:39 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 2055 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 562 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 7.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
084
WFUS54 KLIX 132221
TORLIX
MSC059-132245-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0022.141013T2221Z-141013T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
521 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT
* AT 518 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WADE...OR
10 MILES NORTH OF ESCATAWPA...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTY.
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 1000 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3058 8851 3059 8858 3074 8857 3074 8844
3073 8844
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 197DEG 25KT 3066 8853
$$
CABThe office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 1:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Wilkinson | 47 min |
| Oct 13, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 48 min |
| Oct 13, 4:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Jackson | 64 min |
| Oct 13, 4:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Walthall | 66 min |
| Oct 13, 4:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 19 min |
| Oct 13, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Walthall | 45 min |
| Oct 13, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike | 34 min |
| Oct 13, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 16 min |
| Oct 13, 5:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 22 min |
| Oct 13, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pike | 23 min |
| Oct 13, 5:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 24 min |
| Oct 13, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Walthall | 17 min |
| Oct 13, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Walthall | 36 min |
| Oct 13, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Walthall | 25 min |
| Oct 13, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 41 min |
| Oct 13, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock | 38 min |
| Oct 13, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 43 min |
| Oct 13, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock | 40 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.