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Tornado Warning 15, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Feb 15, 2016, 12:50 PM CST for Pike County, Mississippi. It was in force for 25 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
- Feb 15, 2016, 12:50 PM CST (18:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 15, 2016, 1:15 PM CST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.25 in
County Pike 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 9:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 569 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 649 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 320 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 4.4
The text
As transmitted.
435
WFUS54 KLIX 151850
TORLIX
MSC113-151915-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0015.160215T1850Z-160215T1915Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1250 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 115 PM CST
* AT 1249 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR OSYKA...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF MCCOMB...
MOVING EAST AT 35 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...
MAGNOLIA AROUND 100 PM CST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE MCCOMB
AIRPORT.
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 3100 9026 3100 9055 3119 9055 3128 9026
TIME...MOT...LOC 1849Z 256DEG 32KT 3108 9051
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$1 follow-up statement
352
WWUS54 KLIX 151912
SVSLIX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
112 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016
MSC113-151921-
/O.EXP.KLIX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160215T1915Z/
PIKE MS-
112 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PIKE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 115 PM CST...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3100 9026 3100 9055 3119 9055 3128 9026
TIME...MOT...LOC 1909Z 256DEG 32KT 3108 9051
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 10:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 44 min |
| Feb 15, 11:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 40 min |
| Feb 15, 11:24 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Pearl River | 51 min |
| Feb 15, 11:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 29 min |
| Feb 15, 11:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Amite, Wilkinson | 31 min |
| Feb 15, 12:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jackson | 14 min |
| Feb 15, 12:03 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Jackson | 42 min |
| Feb 15, 12:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Amite | 32 min |
| Feb 15, 12:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike, Walthall | 48 min |
| Feb 15, 1:04 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Hancock | 26 min |
| Feb 15, 1:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Walthall | 26 min |
| Feb 15, 1:25 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Hancock | 50 min |
| Feb 15, 1:37 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Jackson | 23 min |
| Feb 15, 1:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 32 min |
| Feb 15, 2:06 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Pike, Walthall | 24 min |
| Feb 15, 2:14 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Harrison | 46 min |
| Feb 15, 2:33 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 27 min |
| Feb 15, 2:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 28 min |
| Feb 15, 2:58 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Hancock | 32 min |
| Feb 15, 3:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison | 34 min |
| Feb 15, 3:27 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Hancock | 33 min |
| Feb 15, 4:04 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 26 min |
| Feb 15, 4:26 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Jackson | 34 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.