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Tornado Warning 7, NWS New Orleans, LA

January 21, 2016Pike County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Jan 21, 2016, 5:36 PM CST for Pike County, Mississippi. It was in force for 39 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: Jan 21, 2016, 5:36 PM CST (23:36 UTC)
Expired: Jan 21, 2016, 6:15 PM CST
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.25 in

County Pike 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
Jan 21, 2:14 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 118 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: 208 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 600 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 146 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 184 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.2

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The text

As transmitted.

589 
WFUS54 KLIX 212336
TORLIX
MSC113-220015-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0007.160121T2336Z-160122T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
536 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 615 PM CST
    
* AT 536 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR OSYKA...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF MCCOMB...
  MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OSYKA AROUND 540 PM CST.
  MAGNOLIA AROUND 545 PM CST.

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 3129 9026 3100 9026 3100 9055 3113 9055
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 248DEG 37KT 3107 9054 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

CAB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 21, 4:56 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LIX		4 hr
Jan 21, 2:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Wilkinson	51 min
Jan 21, 2:28 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Wilkinson	47 min
Jan 21, 4:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Amite, Wilkinson	51 min
Jan 21, 5:39 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Walthall	36 min
Jan 21, 5:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Amite, Pike	62 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.