Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 34, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Feb 23, 2016, 3:56 PM CST for Pearl River County, Mississippi. It was in force for 17 min. 2 reports 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 23, 2016, 3:56 PM CST (21:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 23, 2016, 4:13 PM CST
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Pearl River County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 3:57 PM CST | TORNADO 1 | 8 Sw Poplarville, MS | PRELIMINARY DAMAGE TO TREES AND STRUCTURES CONSISTENT WITH LOW END EF-1. MORE DETAILS WILL BE PROVIDED UPON COMPLETION OF SURVEY. |
| Feb 23, 3:57 PM CST | TORNADO | 11 Sw Poplarville, MS | EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED MULTIPLE STRUCTURES WITH DAMAGE NEAR HENLEFIELD |
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 23, 11:08 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Feb 23, 2:13 PM CST | Tornado Watch | 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 63 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
404
WFUS54 KLIX 232156
TORLIX
MSC109-232230-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0034.160223T2156Z-160223T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
356 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL PEARL RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 430 PM CST
* AT 356 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CROSSROADS...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
BOGALUSA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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...
POPLARVILLE AROUND 420 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.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. 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 3079 8934 3076 8934 3067 8973 3074 8978
3100 8949
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 238DEG 28KT 3072 8973
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$2 follow-up statements
099
WWUS54 KLIX 232159
SVSLIX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
359 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016
MSC109-232230-
/O.CON.KLIX.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-160223T2230Z/
PEARL RIVER MS-
359 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CST FOR CENTRAL
PEARL RIVER COUNTY...
AT 359 PM CST...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MCNEIL...OR 9
MILES SOUTHWEST OF POPLARVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
POPLARVILLE AROUND 410 PM CST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR
IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 3079 8934 3076 8934 3067 8973 3074 8978
3100 8949
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 238DEG 35KT 3076 8966
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$081
WWUS54 KLIX 232213
SVSLIX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
413 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016
MSC109-232222-
/O.CAN.KLIX.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-160223T2230Z/
PEARL RIVER MS-
413 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL PEARL RIVER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY
AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
NEW ORLEANS.
LAT...LON 3079 8934 3076 8934 3067 8973 3074 8978
3100 8949
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 238DEG 28KT 3082 8956
$$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, 3:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 8 min |
| Feb 23, 3:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 36 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 |
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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.