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Tornado Warning 42, NWS New Orleans, LA

March 17, 2016Harrison County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 17, 2016, 4:38 PM CDT for Harrison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 37 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: Mar 17, 2016, 4:38 PM CDT (21:38 UTC)
Expired: Mar 17, 2016, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 0.75 in

County Harrison County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 17, 4:47 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 N Lyman, MS	DAMAGE TO A HOME AT 18025 OLD HIGHWAY 49. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Mar 17, 4:47 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 N Lyman, MS	TIN ROOF REMOVED FROM SHED AT 18025 OLD HIGHWAY 49. TIME ESTIMATED FROM 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
Mar 17, 1:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 62 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: 1853 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 644 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 3.4

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The text

As transmitted.

553 
WFUS54 KLIX 172138
TORLIX
MSC047-172215-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0042.160317T2138Z-160317T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
438 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 437 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST
  OF LYMAN...OR 14 MILES NORTH OF LONG BEACH...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 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. 

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SAUCIER AROUND 500 PM CDT.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3055 8926 3058 8927 3064 8906 3055 8905
TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 261DEG 15KT 3057 8923 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

24/RR

2 follow-up statements

871 
WWUS54 KLIX 172152
SVSLIX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
452 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

MSC047-172215-
/O.CON.KLIX.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-160317T2215Z/
HARRISON MS-
452 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL HARRISON COUNTY...
    
AT 450 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SAUCIER...OR 14
MILES NORTH OF GULFPORT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO. AT 448 PM...
TORNADO WAS REPORTED AT WEST WORTHAM ROAD AND OLD HIGHWAY 49 AREA.
MARBLE SIZED HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED. 

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 HARRISON COUNTY.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3055 8922 3059 8923 3064 8906 3055 8905
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 259DEG 21KT 3058 8914 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

24/RR

801 
WWUS54 KLIX 172211
SVSLIX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
511 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

MSC047-172220-
/O.EXP.KLIX.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-160317T2215Z/
HARRISON MS-
511 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL HARRISON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 515 PM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3055 8922 3059 8923 3064 8906 3055 8905
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 261DEG 15KT 3058 8914 

$$

24/RR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 17, 8:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Amite, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, Pike and 2 more	52 min
Mar 17, 9:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Pike, Walthall	48 min
Mar 17, 10:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Walthall	16 min
Mar 17, 1:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Pearl River	29 min
Mar 17, 2:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Pearl River	44 min
Mar 17, 2:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Pike, Walthall	35 min
Mar 17, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Harrison	35 min
Mar 17, 4:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Amite, Pike, Wilkinson	58 min
Mar 17, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Wilkinson	42 min
Mar 17, 5:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LIX	Harrison, Jackson	27 min
Mar 17, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Amite, Pike, Walthall	51 min
Mar 17, 5:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Pearl River	24 min
Mar 17, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Amite, Wilkinson	47 min
Mar 17, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Harrison, Jackson	31 min
Mar 17, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Pearl River	66 min
Mar 17, 6:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Pearl River	23 min
Mar 17, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Hancock, Pearl River	65 min
Mar 17, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River	32 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.