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Tornado Warning 71, NWS New Orleans, LA

May 17, 2016Harrison County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at May 17, 2016, 2:44 PM CDT for Harrison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 16 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, 2:44 PM CDT (19:44 UTC)
Expired: May 17, 2016, 3:00 PM CDT
In force: 16 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 0.0 in

County Harrison County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 54 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: 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

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The text

As transmitted.

606 
WFUS54 KLIX 171944
TORLIX
MSC047-172000-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0071.160517T1944Z-160517T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
244 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 243 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED WATERSPOUT WAS LOCATED JUST OFFSHORE
  NEAR LONG BEACH...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A WATERSPOUT MOVING
           ONSHORE. 

  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 TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LONG BEACH AROUND 300 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 3034 8909 3029 8928 3049 8928 3045 8907
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 195DEG 18KT 3032 8923 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

ANSORGE

1 follow-up statement

291 
WWUS54 KLIX 171952
SVSLIX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
252 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2016

MSC047-172000-
/O.CON.KLIX.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-160517T2000Z/
HARRISON MS-
252 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY...
    
AT 252 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER LONG BEACH...MOVING NORTH AT 20 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY.

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 3034 8914 3031 8926 3048 8924 3046 8912
TIME...MOT...LOC 1952Z 195DEG 18KT 3036 8922 

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

$$

ANSORGE

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, 1:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Harrison	30 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.