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Tornado Warning 33, NWS New Orleans, LA

February 23, 2016Pearl River County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Feb 23, 2016, 3:52 PM CST for Pearl River County, Mississippi. It was in force for 8 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 23, 2016, 3:52 PM CST (21:52 UTC)
Expired: Feb 23, 2016, 4:00 PM CST
In force: 8 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Pearl River 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 23, 11:08 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Feb 23, 2:13 PM CST	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 78 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: 42 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 667 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

349 
WFUS54 KLIX 232152
TORLIX
MSC109-232200-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0033.160223T2152Z-160223T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
352 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL PEARL RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 400 PM CST
    
* AT 351 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SANDY HOOK...MOVING NORTHEAST 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  NORTH CENTRAL PEARL RIVER COUNTY.

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 3090 8970 3093 8975 3094 8976 3097 8973
      3100 8973 3100 8959
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 213DEG 39KT 3098 8972 

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
Feb 23, 12:59 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Pearl River	31 min
Feb 23, 1:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Pearl River	45 min
Feb 23, 1:51 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Walthall	24 min
Feb 23, 2:18 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Walthall	27 min
Feb 23, 2:21 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Wilkinson	39 min
Feb 23, 3:19 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Pearl River	41 min
Feb 23, 3:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Pearl River	33 min
Feb 23, 3:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Harrison, Jackson	36 min
Feb 23, 3:56 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Pearl River	17 min
Feb 23, 4:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Pearl River	30 min
Feb 23, 5:09 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Hancock, Pearl River	36 min
Feb 23, 5:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River	47 min
Feb 23, 5:42 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River	33 min
Feb 23, 5:50 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Jackson	25 min

Nearby

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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.