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Tornado Warning 44, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 17, 2016, 5:21 PM CDT for Pearl River County, Mississippi. It was in force for 24 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
- Mar 17, 2016, 5:21 PM CDT (22:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2016, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
069
WFUS54 KLIX 172221
TORLIX
MSC109-172245-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0044.160317T2221Z-160317T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
521 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN PEARL RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT
* AT 521 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR POPLARVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
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
NORTHEASTERN 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 3080 8934 3068 8950 3084 8960 3100 8934
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 241DEG 22KT 3081 8947
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
24/RR1 follow-up statement
990
WWUS54 KLIX 172244
SVSLIX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
544 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016
MSC109-172254-
/O.EXP.KLIX.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-160317T2245Z/
PEARL RIVER MS-
544 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PEARL RIVER COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 545 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3080 8934 3068 8950 3084 8960 3100 8934
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 241DEG 22KT 3081 8947
$$
24/RRThe 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, 4:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 37 min |
| Mar 17, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 42 min |
| Mar 17, 5:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 27 min |
| Mar 17, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike, Walthall | 51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.