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Tornado Warning 41, NWS New Orleans, LA

February 23, 2016Jackson County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Feb 23, 2016, 5:50 PM CST for Jackson 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 23, 2016, 5:50 PM CST (23:50 UTC)
Expired
Feb 23, 2016, 6:15 PM CST
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Jackson County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 23, 11:08 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Feb 23, 2:13 PM CSTTornado Watch PDSSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 112 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2016-02-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 42 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2016-02-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 118 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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.

935 
WFUS54 KLIX 232350
TORLIX
MSC059-240015-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0041.160223T2350Z-160224T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
550 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 615 PM CST
    
* AT 549 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
  NEAR HICKORY HILLS...OR 7 MILES WEST OF ESCATAWPA...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MOSS POINT...ESCATAWPA...GAUTIER...WADE...BIG POINT...VANCLEAVE...
  HICKORY HILLS...HURLEY AND HELENA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3037 8865 3049 8881 3073 8859 3074 8841
      3056 8840
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 219DEG 15KT 3049 8868 

$$
K. KUYPER
1 follow-up statement
714 
WWUS54 KLIX 240008
SVSLIX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
608 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

MSC059-240015-
/O.CON.KLIX.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-160224T0015Z/
JACKSON MS-
608 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY...
    
AT 608 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
HURLEY...OR 12 MILES WEST OF REGIONAL AIRPORT IN WEST MOBILE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WADE...HURLEY AND BIG POINT. 

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 IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3052 8845 3065 8867 3073 8859 3074 8841
      3056 8840 3054 8842
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 221DEG 25KT 3070 8845 

$$

K. KUYPER

The office that day

Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 23, 12:59 PM CSTTornado WarningLIXPearl River31 min
Feb 23, 1:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPearl River45 min
Feb 23, 1:51 PM CSTTornado WarningLIXWalthall24 min
Feb 23, 2:18 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLIXWalthall27 min
Feb 23, 2:21 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLIXWilkinson39 min
Feb 23, 3:19 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLIXPearl River41 min
Feb 23, 3:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPearl River33 min
Feb 23, 3:52 PM CSTTornado WarningLIXPearl River8 min
Feb 23, 3:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHarrison, Jackson36 min
Feb 23, 3:56 PM CSTTornado WarningLIXPearl River17 min
Feb 23, 4:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPearl River30 min
Feb 23, 5:09 PM CSTTornado WarningLIXHancock, Pearl River36 min
Feb 23, 5:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHancock, Harrison, Pearl River47 min
Feb 23, 5:42 PM CSTTornado WarningLIXHancock, Harrison, Pearl River33 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.