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Tornado Warning 70, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at May 17, 2016, 1:45 PM CDT for Harrison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 30 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
- May 17, 2016, 1:45 PM CDT (18:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2016, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Harrison County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 807 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 242 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
970
WFUS54 KLIX 171845
TORLIX
MSC047-171915-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0070.160517T1845Z-160517T1915Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
145 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 215 PM CDT
* AT 144 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF SAUCIER...OR 14 MILES NORTH OF
DIAMONDHEAD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 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...
SAUCIER AROUND 215 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 3053 8926 3057 8933 3065 8931 3065 8924
3068 8924 3068 8910 3067 8909
TIME...MOT...LOC 1844Z 204DEG 14KT 3058 8928
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 1:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 15 min |
| May 17, 1:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 28 min |
| May 17, 1:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 33 min |
| May 17, 2:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 16 min |
| May 17, 2:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Harrison | 3 hr |
| May 17, 3:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Harrison | 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.