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Tornado Warning 82, NWS New Orleans, LA

November 28, 2016Pike County, Walthall County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Nov 28, 2016, 8:53 PM CST for Pike County, Walthall County, Mississippi. It was in force for 17 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: Nov 28, 2016, 8:53 PM CST (02:53 UTC)
Expired: Nov 28, 2016, 9:10 PM CST
In force: 17 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
Nov 28, 2:49 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 115 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: 557 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 254 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 449 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

270 
WFUS54 KLIX 290253
TORLIX
MSC113-147-290330-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0082.161129T0253Z-161129T0330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
853 PM CST MON NOV 28 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 930 PM CST
    
* AT 852 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF MAGNOLIA...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF MCCOMB...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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 915 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 3135 9011 3134 9011 3134 9009 3133 9008
      3133 9004 3124 9004 3123 9003 3123 9005
      3113 9036 3120 9039 3134 9022
TIME...MOT...LOC 0252Z 239DEG 31KT 3118 9034 

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

$$

1 follow-up statement

681 
WWUS54 KLIX 290310
SVSLIX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
910 PM CST MON NOV 28 2016

MSC113-147-290320-
/O.CAN.KLIX.TO.W.0082.000000T0000Z-161129T0330Z/
WALTHALL MS-PIKE MS-
910 PM CST MON NOV 28 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WALTHALL AND EAST CENTRAL
PIKE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3135 9011 3134 9011 3134 9009 3133 9008
      3133 9004 3124 9004 3123 9003 3123 9005
      3113 9036 3120 9039 3134 9022
TIME...MOT...LOC 0309Z 239DEG 31KT 3126 9018 

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 28, 10:38 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Pike, Walthall	22 min
Nov 28, 10:39 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Pike, Walthall	21 min
Nov 29, 1:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Harrison, Jackson	45 min
Nov 29, 5:21 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Amite, Pearl River, Pike, Walthall, Wilkinson	114 min
Nov 29, 5:33 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Amite, Pearl River, Pike, Walthall, Wilkinson	12 hr

Nearby

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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.