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Tornado Warning 64, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Dec 28, 2015, 3:06 AM CST for Amite 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
- Dec 28, 2015, 3:06 AM CST (09:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 28, 2015, 3:30 AM CST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Amite County, MS
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 9:57 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 1485 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 610 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
- 255 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 9.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
480
WFUS54 KLIX 280906
TORLIX
MSC005-280930-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0064.151228T0906Z-151228T0930Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
306 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN AMITE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 330 AM CST
* AT 306 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER GILLSBERG...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
LIBERTY...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
SMITHDALE AROUND 330 AM CST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
NEW ORLEANS.
&&
LAT...LON 3114 9055 3102 9057 3102 9076 3134 9076
3134 9055
TIME...MOT...LOC 0906Z 191DEG 40KT 3106 9068
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
626
WWUS54 KLIX 280914
SVSLIX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
314 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015
MSC005-280930-
/O.CON.KLIX.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-151228T0930Z/
AMITE MS-
314 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM CST FOR EASTERN
AMITE COUNTY...
AT 314 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF LIBERTY...MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
SMITHDALE AROUND 325 AM CST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 3114 9055 3102 9057 3102 9076 3134 9076
3134 9055
TIME...MOT...LOC 0914Z 192DEG 45KT 3119 9064
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 12:00 AM CST | Wind Advisory | LIX | Amite, Pearl River, Pike, Walthall, Wilkinson | 8 hr |
| Dec 28, 1:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Amite, Wilkinson | 25 min |
| Dec 28, 2:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 28 min |
| Dec 28, 2:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite, Wilkinson | 36 min |
| Dec 28, 2:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Amite | 10 min |
| Dec 28, 2:38 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Amite | 37 min |
| Dec 28, 4:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Walthall | 31 min |
| Dec 28, 4:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River, Walthall | 25 min |
| Dec 28, 5:31 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River | 59 min |
| Dec 28, 6:31 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 29 min |
| Dec 28, 7:12 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Jackson | 63 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.