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Tornado Warning 55, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2016, 5:55 AM CDT for Harrison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 35 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
- Apr 28, 2016, 5:55 AM CDT (10:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2016, 6:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
County Harrison County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:55 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 6:06 AM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 4 Nnw Gulfport, MS | DIME SIZE HAIL IN ORANGE GROVE AREA OF GULFPORT. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| Apr 28, 6:12 AM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 2 Nnw Biloxi, MS | TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -346 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1552 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 261 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 369 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
950
WFUS54 KLIX 281055
TORLIX
MSC047-281130-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0055.160428T1055Z-160428T1130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
555 AM CDT THU APR 28 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 630 AM CDT
* AT 554 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LYMAN...OR NEAR GULFPORT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER.
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...
BILOXI AROUND 610 AM CDT.
ST. MARTIN AND D'IBERVILLE AROUND 630 AM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
GULFPORT AIRPORT.
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 3037 8888 3036 8916 3054 8919 3061 8889
TIME...MOT...LOC 1054Z 261DEG 13KT 3047 8909
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 3:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Pearl River | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 4:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Hancock | 23 min |
| Apr 28, 4:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 50 min |
| Apr 28, 5:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 5:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 25 min |
| Apr 28, 6:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison, Jackson | 3 hr |
| Apr 28, 6:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 29 min |
| Apr 28, 6:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison | 25 min |
| Apr 28, 8:09 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Harrison | 68 hr |
| Apr 28, 8:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River | 3 hr |
| Apr 28, 9:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Harrison | 57 hr |
| Apr 28, 9:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Harrison | 114 min |
| Apr 28, 9:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LIX | 6 hr | |
| Apr 28, 9:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 2 hr |
| Apr 28, 11:04 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Harrison | 28 hr |
| Apr 28, 11:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Harrison | 3 hr |
| Apr 28, 11:17 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 57 hr |
| Apr 28, 11:20 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 14 hr |
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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.