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Tornado Warning 1, NWS New Orleans, LA

January 3, 2015Pike County, Walthall County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Jan 3, 2015, 1:29 PM CST for Pike County, Walthall County, Mississippi. It was in force for 31 min. 2 reports 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: Jan 3, 2015, 1:29 PM CST (19:29 UTC)
Expired: Jan 3, 2015, 2:00 PM CST
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Pike County, MS, Walthall County, MS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 3, 1:34 PM CST	FUNNEL CLOUD	8 Nw Tylertown, MS	ONLINE SUBMITTED REPORT OF A ROTATING WALL CLOUD AND BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUD.
Jan 3, 1:34 PM CST	FUNNEL CLOUD	8 Nw Tylertown, MS	ONLINE SUBMITTED REPORT OF A ROTATING WALL CLOUD AND BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUD.

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
Jan 3, 11:04 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 113 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: 92 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 505 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 353 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 556 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 2.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

515 
WFUS54 KLIX 031929
TORLIX
MSC113-147-032000-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0001.150103T1929Z-150103T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
129 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
  WALTHALL COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 200 PM CST

* AT 127 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER PIKE
  COUNTY...OR 11 MILES EAST OF MCCOMB...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL WALTHALL COUNTY AT 140 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 600 PM CST SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3133 9007 3134 9005 3134 9004 3132 9004
      3115 9026 3127 9041 3136 9032 3135 9011
TIME...MOT...LOC 1929Z 224DEG 44KT 3127 9026

$$

1 follow-up statement

516 
WWUS54 KLIX 031954
SVSLIX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
154 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015

MSC113-147-032004-
/O.EXP.KLIX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150103T2000Z/
WALTHALL MS-PIKE MS-
154 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PIKE AND WALTHALL COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT
200 PM CST...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED INTO LAWRENCE COUNTY 
MISSISSIPPI. 

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

LAT...LON 3133 9007 3134 9005 3134 9004 3132 9004
      3115 9026 3127 9041 3136 9032 3135 9011
TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 219DEG 28KT 3143 9008

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 2, 10:06 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LIX	Amite, Pearl River, Pike, Walthall, Wilkinson	8 hr
Jan 3, 11:00 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LIX	Hancock, Pearl River	11 days
Jan 3, 11:23 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Hancock	67 min
Jan 3, 12:22 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Pike	53 min
Jan 3, 12:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Amite, Pike, Walthall	59 min
Jan 3, 1:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Pike, Walthall	27 min
Jan 3, 2:38 PM CST	Wind Advisory	LIX	Amite, Pearl River, Pike, Walthall, Wilkinson	3 hr
Jan 3, 2:53 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Amite	67 min
Jan 3, 3:17 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LIX	Amite, Pike, Walthall	118 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.