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Tornado Warning 8, NWS New Orleans, LA

March 16, 2014Hancock County, Mississippi; Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 16, 2014, 7:03 AM CDT for Hancock County, Mississippi; Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 27 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Mar 16, 2014, 7:03 AM CDT (12:03 UTC)
Expired: Mar 16, 2014, 7:30 AM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Saint Tammany Parish, LA, Hancock County, MS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 16, 7:16 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	9 Se Slidell Airport, LA	SEVERAL PINE TREES AND LARGE LIVE OAK BRANCHES DOWN IN RIVER OAKS SUBDIVISION ALONG INDIAN VILLAGE ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 16, 4:51 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 1 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: 1142 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 488 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 284 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 283 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.7
Supercell composite: 8.6

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The text

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

892 
WFUS54 KLIX 161203
TORLIX
LAC103-MSC045-161230-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0008.140316T1203Z-140316T1230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
703 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ST. TAMMANY PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SLIDELL...EDEN ISLE...
  HANCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 730 AM CDT

* AT 702 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR EDEN
  ISLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PEARLINGTON BY 715 AM CDT...
  STENNIS SPACE CENTER BY 720 AM CDT...
  KILN BY 730 AM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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 NOON CDT SUNDAY FOR SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3031 8936 3017 8973 3018 8975 3017 8976
      3020 8978 3022 8985 3024 8988 3025 8991
      3029 8993 3050 8947
TIME...MOT...LOC 1203Z 244DEG 45KT 3025 8979

$$

24/RR

1 follow-up statement

567 
WWUS54 KLIX 161227
SVSLIX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
727 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014

LAC103-MSC045-161235-
/O.EXP.KLIX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140316T1230Z/
HANCOCK MS-ST. TAMMANY LA-
727 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR HANCOCK COUNTY...AND ST. TAMMANY PARISH
WILL EXPIRE AT 730 AM CDT...

THE ROTATION THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED. 
HOWEVER...STRONG TO SEVERE WIND GUSTS HAVE DEVELOPED IN SOUTHERN 
HANCOCK COUNTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR 
THE MISSISSIPPI COASTAL COUNTIES UNTIL 815 AM CDT. 

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT SUNDAY FOR SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3031 8936 3017 8973 3018 8975 3017 8976
      3020 8978 3022 8985 3024 8988 3025 8991
      3029 8993 3050 8947
TIME...MOT...LOC 1225Z 244DEG 45KT 3037 8950

$$

24/RR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 16, 3:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LIX	Amite, Pike, Walthall	110 min
Mar 16, 4:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Walthall	31 min
Mar 16, 5:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Pearl River, Walthall	67 min
Mar 16, 6:27 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LIX	Hancock, Harrison, Jackson	2 hr
Mar 16, 7:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Hancock, Harrison, Jackson	51 min
Mar 15, 10:07 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LIX		18 hr
Mar 16, 4:45 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Washington	30 min
Mar 16, 7:29 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		31 min
Mar 16, 8:38 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		97 min
Mar 16, 8:39 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		66 min
Mar 16, 9:33 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		57 min
Mar 16, 10:00 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		60 min
Mar 16, 10:14 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		61 min
Mar 16, 10:54 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		66 min
Mar 16, 11:12 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		63 min
Mar 16, 12:28 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		47 min
Mar 16, 3:48 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LIX		16 hr

Nearby

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.