Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2017
Tornado Warning 6, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Jan 21, 2017, 12:26 AM CST for Amite County, Wilkinson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 14 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
- Jan 21, 2017, 12:26 AM CST (06:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2017, 12:40 AM CST
- In force
- 14 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
Counties Amite County, MS, Wilkinson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 11:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 1897 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
879
WFUS54 KLIX 210626
TORLIX
MSC005-157-210700-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0006.170121T0626Z-170121T0700Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
1226 AM CST SAT JAN 21 2017
The National Weather Service in New Orleans has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Amite County in southern Mississippi...
Northeastern Wilkinson County in southern Mississippi...
* Until 100 AM CST
* At 1226 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located 9 miles southwest of Garden City, or 23 miles
west of Liberty, moving northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball size hail.
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
northwestern Amite and northeastern Wilkinson Counties, including
the following locations: Crosby.
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.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3135 9115 3132 9112 3133 9107 3134 9107
3133 9106 3133 9103 3135 9102 3134 9099
3135 9098 3135 9073 3117 9122 3126 9133
3136 9121
TIME...MOT...LOC 0626Z 231DEG 41KT 3125 9119
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
AK1 follow-up statement
742
WWUS54 KLIX 210640
SVSLIX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
1240 AM CST SAT JAN 21 2017
MSC005-157-210650-
/O.CAN.KLIX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170121T0700Z/
Amite MS-Wilkinson MS-
1240 AM CST SAT JAN 21 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN AMITE AND NORTHEASTERN
WILKINSON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 700 AM CST for southern
Mississippi.
LAT...LON 3135 9115 3132 9112 3133 9107 3134 9107
3133 9106 3133 9103 3135 9102 3134 9099
3135 9098 3135 9073 3117 9122 3126 9133
3136 9121
TIME...MOT...LOC 0639Z 231DEG 41KT 3135 9104
$$
AKThe office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 10:53 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LIX | 4 hr | |
| Jan 20, 11:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 32 min |
| Jan 21, 12:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 33 min |
| Jan 21, 12:51 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Wilkinson | 39 min |
| Jan 21, 1:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 24 min |
| Jan 21, 1:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 31 min |
| Jan 21, 1:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 31 min |
| Jan 21, 1:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 34 min |
| Jan 21, 1:48 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Amite | 27 min |
| Jan 21, 2:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite, Wilkinson | 46 min |
| Jan 21, 2:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Walthall | 32 min |
| Jan 21, 2:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Walthall | 33 min |
| Jan 21, 2:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike, Walthall | 48 min |
| Jan 21, 3:02 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Walthall | 13 min |
| Jan 21, 3:04 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Walthall | 15 min |
| Jan 21, 4:43 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Pearl River | 62 min |
| Jan 21, 5:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 38 min |
| Jan 21, 6:00 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 30 min |
| Jan 21, 8:59 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Jackson | 31 min |
| Jan 21, 11:03 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 13 days |
| Jan 21, 5:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock | 29 min |
| Jan 21, 5:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 28 min |
| Jan 21, 5:51 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Hancock | 39 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.