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Tornado Warning 59, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2017, 5:43 AM CDT for Hancock County, Mississippi. It was in force for 7 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
- Apr 3, 2017, 5:43 AM CDT (10:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2017, 5:50 AM CDT
- In force
- 7 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Hancock 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 1:48 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 26 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
- 2436 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 480 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 298 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 333 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.6
- Supercell composite
- 19.5
The text
As transmitted.
893
WFUS54 KLIX 031043
TORLIX
MSC045-031100-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0059.170403T1043Z-170403T1100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
543 AM CDT MON APR 3 2017
The National Weather Service in New Orleans has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Hancock County in southern Mississippi...
* Until 600 AM CDT
* At 543 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Stennis Space Center, or 9 miles west of
Diamondhead, moving east at 30 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...
Kiln around 555 AM CDT.
Diamondhead around 600 AM 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 3035 8954 3041 8955 3046 8938 3036 8937
TIME...MOT...LOC 1043Z 257DEG 26KT 3039 8952
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
797
WWUS54 KLIX 031050
SVSLIX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
550 AM CDT MON APR 3 2017
MSC045-031059-
/O.CAN.KLIX.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-170403T1100Z/
Hancock MS-
550 AM CDT MON APR 3 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL HANCOCK COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, damaging winds remain likely and a Severe
Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 900 AM CDT for southern
Mississippi.
LAT...LON 3035 8954 3041 8955 3046 8938 3036 8937
TIME...MOT...LOC 1049Z 257DEG 26KT 3040 8946
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 8:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Pike | 40 min |
| Apr 2, 9:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Pike | 51 min |
| Apr 3, 12:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Wilkinson | 59 min |
| Apr 3, 12:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Amite, Wilkinson | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 2:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike | 48 min |
| Apr 3, 2:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pike, Walthall | 17 min |
| Apr 3, 3:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pike, Walthall | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 3:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pearl River, Walthall | 50 min |
| Apr 3, 3:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 19 min |
| Apr 3, 4:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 50 min |
| Apr 3, 5:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 60 min |
| Apr 3, 5:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 42 min |
| Apr 3, 6:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 6:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison, Jackson | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 7:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 7:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jackson | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 8:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Jackson | 30 min |
| Apr 3, 9:54 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Pike, Walthall | 47 hr |
| Apr 3, 9:57 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 41 hr |
| Apr 3, 9:57 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 27 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:01 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Pike | 26 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:17 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Harrison | 28 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:42 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 18 days |
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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.