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Tornado Warning 45, NWS New Orleans, LA

March 17, 2016Jackson County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 17, 2016, 7:38 PM CDT for Jackson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 37 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, 7:38 PM CDT (00:38 UTC)
Expired: Mar 17, 2016, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Jackson County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:38 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.

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 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 111 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: 761 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1293 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 171 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 5.5

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The text

As transmitted.

268 
WFUS54 KLIX 180038
TORLIX
MSC059-180115-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0045.160318T0038Z-160318T0115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 738 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BOTH
  TORNADOES AND EXTENSIVE STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE WERE LOCATED 8
  MILES WEST OF WADE...OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF ESCATAWPA...MOVING
  EAST 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. 

* THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  WADE AND HURLEY AROUND 755 PM CDT.
  BIG POINT AROUND 800 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3064 8879 3070 8879 3072 8841 3056 8840
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 275DEG 38KT 3067 8872 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

24/RR

1 follow-up statement

423 
WWUS54 KLIX 180107
SVSLIX

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

MSC059-180117-
/O.EXP.KLIX.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-160318T0115Z/
JACKSON MS-
807 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 815
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 1000 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3064 8879 3070 8879 3072 8841 3056 8840
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 275DEG 38KT 3067 8872 

$$

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, 7:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Hancock, Harrison, Jackson	27 min
Mar 18, 9:27 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LIX	Pearl River	28 hr

Nearby

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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.