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Tornado Warning 1, NWS New Orleans, LA

January 21, 2016Wilkinson County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Jan 21, 2016, 2:28 PM CST for Wilkinson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 47 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: Jan 21, 2016, 2:28 PM CST (20:28 UTC)
Expired: Jan 21, 2016, 3:15 PM CST
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Wilkinson 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
Jan 21, 2:14 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 176 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 551 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 173 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

465 
WFUS54 KLIX 212028
TORLIX
MSC157-212115-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0001.160121T2028Z-160121T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
228 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN WILKINSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 315 PM CST
    
* AT 228 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BLACK HAWK...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  SIMMESPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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...
  FORT ADAMS AROUND 240 PM CST.
  DOLOROSA AROUND 315 PM 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3134 9116 3107 9157 3111 9163 3113 9163
      3118 9159 3121 9159 3123 9157 3124 9154
      3122 9152 3124 9148 3126 9148 3128 9150
      3129 9147 3132 9146 3131 9142 3136 9130
      3136 9128 3137 9128
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 230DEG 26KT 3113 9169 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

CAB

1 follow-up statement

560 
WWUS54 KLIX 212056
SVSLIX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
256 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016

MSC157-212115-
/O.CON.KLIX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160121T2115Z/
WILKINSON MS-
256 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN WILKINSON COUNTY...
    
AT 256 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR DOLOROSA...OR 18 MILES SOUTH OF NATCHEZ...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

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...
  DOLOROSA AROUND 305 PM 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3134 9116 3118 9142 3118 9159 3121 9159
      3123 9157 3124 9154 3122 9152 3124 9148
      3126 9148 3128 9150 3129 9147 3132 9146
      3131 9142 3136 9130 3136 9128 3137 9128
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 234DEG 33KT 3128 9143 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

CAB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 21, 4:56 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LIX		4 hr
Jan 21, 2:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Wilkinson	51 min
Jan 21, 4:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Amite, Wilkinson	51 min
Jan 21, 5:36 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Pike	39 min
Jan 21, 5:39 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Walthall	36 min
Jan 21, 5:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Amite, Pike	62 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.