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Tornado Warning 84, NWS New Orleans, LA

November 28, 2016Pike County, Walthall County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Nov 28, 2016, 10:39 PM CST for Pike County, Walthall County, Mississippi. It was in force for 21 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, 10:39 PM CST (04:39 UTC)
Expired: Nov 28, 2016, 11:00 PM CST
In force: 21 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Pike County, MS, Walthall County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 116 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: 518 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 650 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 82 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 510 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 543 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.9
Supercell composite: 6.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

778 
WFUS54 KLIX 290439
TORLIX
MSC113-147-290500-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0084.161129T0439Z-161129T0500Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1039 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 1100 PM CST
    
* AT 1038 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF TYLERTOWN...OR 12 MILES
  EAST OF MCCOMB...MOVING NORTHEAST 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TYLERTOWN AROUND 1055 PM CST. 
  SALEM AROUND 1100 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 3115 9001 3107 9028 3122 9038 3135 9020
      3135 9014
TIME...MOT...LOC 0438Z 240DEG 17KT 3119 9026 

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

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 28, 8:53 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Pike, Walthall	17 min
Nov 28, 10:38 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Pike, Walthall	22 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

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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.