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Tornado Warning 16, NWS New Orleans, LA

February 15, 2016Walthall County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Feb 15, 2016, 1:19 PM CST for Walthall County, Mississippi. It was in force for 26 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: Feb 15, 2016, 1:19 PM CST (19:19 UTC)
Expired: Feb 15, 2016, 1:45 PM CST
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Walthall County, MS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Feb 15, 1:30 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	2 S Tylertown, MS	TREES DOWN ON E LEXIE ROAD. HOUSE DAMAGED AT 69 GINNTOWN RD. POSSIBLE TORNADO. TIME ESTIMATED BY 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
Feb 15, 9:30 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 100 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: 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

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The text

As transmitted.

951 
WFUS54 KLIX 151919
TORLIX
MSC147-151945-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0016.160215T1919Z-160215T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
119 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 145 PM CST
    
* AT 119 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TYLERTOWN...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  KOKOMO...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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...
  DEXTER AROUND 130 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 3118 9003 3117 9001 3113 9000 3113 8994
      3111 8994 3111 8993 3109 8993 3109 8992
      3107 8992 3107 8983 3103 8984 3100 9020
      3114 9024 3120 9003
TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 256DEG 46KT 3107 9015 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

1 follow-up statement

652 
WWUS54 KLIX 151940
SVSLIX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
140 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016

MSC147-151950-
/O.EXP.KLIX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160215T1945Z/
WALTHALL MS-
140 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN WALTHALL COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
145 PM CST...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
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 3118 9003 3117 9001 3113 9000 3113 8994
      3111 8994 3111 8993 3109 8993 3109 8992
      3107 8992 3107 8983 3103 8984 3100 9020
      3114 9024 3120 9003
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 256DEG 46KT 3107 9015 

$$

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, 12:50 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Pike	25 min
Feb 15, 1:04 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Hancock	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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.