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Tornado Warning 40, NWS New Orleans, LA

February 23, 2016Hancock County, Harrison County, Pearl River County, Mississippi; Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Feb 23, 2016, 5:42 PM CST for Hancock County, Harrison County, Pearl River County, Mississippi; Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 33 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, 5:42 PM CST (23:42 UTC)
Expired: Feb 23, 2016, 6:15 PM CST
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Saint Tammany Parish, LA, Hancock County, MS, Harrison County, MS, 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 49 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.

036 
WFUS54 KLIX 232342
TORLIX
LAC103-MSC045-047-109-240015-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0040.160223T2342Z-160224T0015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL ST. TAMMANY PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN PEARL RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 615 PM CST
    
* AT 542 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PICAYUNE...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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PICAYUNE AROUND 550 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 3078 8935 3076 8934 3065 8934 3065 8926
      3054 8919 3035 8974 3048 8981
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 240DEG 39KT 3046 8969 

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, 3:52 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, 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, 5:50 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Jackson	25 min
Feb 23, 10:33 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		57 min
Feb 23, 10:43 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Saint Charles	32 min
Feb 23, 11:11 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Saint Charles, Saint John the Baptist	19 min
Feb 23, 11:13 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Jefferson	17 min
Feb 23, 11:16 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		59 min
Feb 23, 11:31 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Lafourche, Terrebonne	44 min
Feb 23, 11:45 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Iberville	30 min
Feb 23, 11:58 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Saint Tammany	32 min
Feb 23, 12:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Livingston	34 min
Feb 23, 12:26 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Saint Tammany	34 min
Feb 23, 12:40 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LIX	Livingston, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa	35 min
Feb 23, 12:58 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		62 min
Feb 23, 1:03 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Ascension, Livingston, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist	27 min
Feb 23, 1:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Saint Helena, Tangipahoa	34 min
Feb 23, 1:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Ascension, Assumption, Iberville, Saint James	46 min
Feb 23, 1:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Ascension, Assumption, Iberville, Livingston, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist	30 min
Feb 23, 1:58 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LIX	Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Livingston, Saint James	4 hr
Feb 23, 2:24 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		51 min
Feb 23, 2:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Ascension, Livingston, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist, Tangipahoa	25 min
Feb 23, 2:46 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Tangipahoa, Washington	44 min
Feb 23, 3:00 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		45 min
Feb 23, 3:03 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Ascension, Assumption, Iberville, Lafourche, Saint James	27 min
Feb 23, 3:06 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		24 min
Feb 23, 3:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Iberville	18 min
Feb 23, 3:19 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Ascension, Assumption, Iberville, Saint James	26 min
Feb 23, 3:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Plaquemines	48 min
Feb 23, 3:38 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		37 min
Feb 23, 3:38 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	LIX	Ascension, Livingston, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist	37 min
Feb 23, 3:44 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		61 min
Feb 23, 3:48 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		57 min
Feb 23, 4:01 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Saint John the Baptist, Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa	29 min
Feb 23, 4:04 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		41 min
Feb 23, 4:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa	33 min
Feb 23, 4:34 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Saint John the Baptist	26 min
Feb 23, 4:37 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		38 min
Feb 23, 4:42 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		48 min
Feb 23, 4:44 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		46 min
Feb 23, 4:48 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Saint Tammany	27 min
Feb 23, 5:54 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		66 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.