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Tornado Warning 64, NWS New Orleans, LA

April 30, 2016Pike County, Walthall County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 30, 2016, 1:57 PM CDT for Pike County, Walthall County, Mississippi. It was in force for 33 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: Apr 30, 2016, 1:57 PM CDT (18:57 UTC)
Expired: Apr 30, 2016, 2:30 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

Counties Pike County, MS, Walthall 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
Apr 30, 11:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 117 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: 421 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -120 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 742 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 230 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 258 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.0

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The text

As transmitted.

855 
WFUS54 KLIX 301857
TORLIX
MSC113-147-301930-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0064.160430T1857Z-160430T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
157 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN WALTHALL COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT
    
* AT 156 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF TYLERTOWN...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  MCCOMB...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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. 

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TYLERTOWN AROUND 210 PM CDT. 
  SALEM AROUND 220 PM CDT. 

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 3135 9011 3134 9011 3134 9009 3133 9008
      3133 9005 3134 9005 3133 9004 3124 9004
      3123 9003 3120 9003 3102 9028 3105 9033
      3135 9026
TIME...MOT...LOC 1856Z 208DEG 28KT 3108 9027 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

24/RR

2 follow-up statements

784 
WWUS54 KLIX 301908
SVSLIX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
208 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2016

MSC113-301918-
/O.CAN.KLIX.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-160430T1930Z/
PIKE MS-
208 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS  MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3135 9011 3134 9011 3134 9009 3133 9008
      3133 9005 3134 9005 3133 9004 3124 9004
      3123 9003 3120 9003 3105 9023 3106 9026
      3130 9026 3135 9024
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 209DEG 27KT 3114 9022 

$$

MSC147-301930-
/O.CON.KLIX.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-160430T1930Z/
WALTHALL MS-
208 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN WALTHALL COUNTY...
    
AT 208 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR TYLERTOWN...OR 13 MILES WEST OF KOKOMO...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 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. 

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SALEM AROUND 225 PM CDT. 

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 3135 9011 3134 9011 3134 9009 3133 9008
      3133 9005 3134 9005 3133 9004 3124 9004
      3123 9003 3120 9003 3105 9023 3106 9026
      3130 9026 3135 9024
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 209DEG 27KT 3114 9022 

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

$$

24/RR

782 
WWUS54 KLIX 301921
SVSLIX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
221 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2016

MSC147-301930-
/O.EXP.KLIX.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-160430T1930Z/
WALTHALL MS-
221 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WALTHALL COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 230 PM CDT...
    
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED AND THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. HOWEVER...DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY AND A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. GUSTY WINDS ARE
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3135 9011 3134 9011 3134 9009 3133 9008
      3133 9005 3134 9005 3133 9004 3124 9004
      3123 9003 3120 9003 3105 9023 3106 9026
      3130 9026 3135 9024
TIME...MOT...LOC 1917Z 208DEG 28KT 3114 9022 

$$

24/RR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 30, 4:24 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	LIX	Amite, Pike, Walthall, Wilkinson	58 hr
Apr 30, 9:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LIX	Pearl River	57 hr
Apr 30, 9:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LIX	Pearl River	57 hr
Apr 30, 10:02 AM CDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	LIX		8 hr
Apr 30, 11:56 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Wilkinson	15 min
Apr 30, 12:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Wilkinson	44 min
Apr 30, 12:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Amite, Wilkinson	24 min
Apr 30, 12:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Amite, Wilkinson	50 min
Apr 30, 1:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Amite	36 min
Apr 30, 1:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Pike	34 min
Apr 30, 1:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Amite, Pike, Wilkinson	32 min
Apr 30, 1:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Pike	24 min
Apr 30, 1:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Pike	36 min
Apr 30, 1:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Amite, Pike, Walthall	33 min
Apr 30, 2:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Pike, Walthall	61 min
Apr 30, 3:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Hancock, Pearl River, Walthall	69 min
Apr 30, 4:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Hancock, Harrison	19 min
Apr 30, 4:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Hancock	25 min
Apr 30, 5:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Harrison	66 min
Apr 30, 6:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Jackson	25 min
Apr 30, 6:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Jackson	28 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.