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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS New Orleans, LA

April 24, 2021Jackson County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2021, 4:53 AM CDT for Jackson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 52 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Apr 24, 2021, 4:53 AM CDT (09:53 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 2021, 5:45 AM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Jackson County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 24, 5:28 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Ene Wade, MS	PUBLIC REPORTED POWER LINES DOWN ON ELLIS HAMILTON ROAD NEAR REMINGTON ROAD IN THE QUAIL RIDGE SUBDIVISION.
Apr 24, 5:30 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Ne Wade, MS	EMERGENCY MANAGER IN JACKSON COUNTY REPORTED TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 613 BETWEEN WADE AND HURLEY.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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 24, 1:23 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 106 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: 873 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 156 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 263 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

406 
WUUS54 KLIX 240953
SVRLIX
MSC059-241045-
/O.NEW.KLIX.SV.W.0085.210424T0953Z-210424T1045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
453 AM CDT Sat Apr 24 2021

The National Weather Service in New Orleans has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Jackson County in southern Mississippi...

* Until 545 AM CDT.

* At 453 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles northwest
  of Vancleave, or 16 miles north of St. Martin, moving east at 55
  mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Big Point, Hurley, Wade and Vancleave. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 AM CDT for southern
Mississippi.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3060 8888 3073 8888 3074 8841 3051 8840
TIME...MOT...LOC 0953Z 272DEG 49KT 3067 8879 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

CAB

1 follow-up statement

730 
WWUS54 KLIX 241039
SVSLIX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
539 AM CDT Sat Apr 24 2021

MSC059-241045-
/O.CON.KLIX.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-210424T1045Z/
Jackson MS-
539 AM CDT Sat Apr 24 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 AM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY...

At 538 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Big Point, or
near Escatawpa, moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Big Point, Hurley, Wade and Vancleave. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 AM CDT for southern
Mississippi.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3058 8870 3073 8858 3074 8850 3074 8841
      3052 8840
TIME...MOT...LOC 1038Z 273DEG 29KT 3056 8850 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

CAB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 23, 8:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Pike, Walthall	28 min
Apr 23, 8:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Wilkinson	28 min
Apr 23, 9:20 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LIX	Pike, Walthall	70 hr
Apr 23, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Pike, Walthall	47 min
Apr 23, 10:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Walthall	13 min
Apr 23, 11:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Walthall	44 min
Apr 24, 12:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Pearl River	47 min
Apr 24, 1:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Amite, Pike	59 min
Apr 24, 1:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Amite, Pike, Walthall, Wilkinson	49 min
Apr 24, 1:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Pearl River	34 min
Apr 24, 2:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Amite, Pike	40 min
Apr 24, 3:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Pearl River	60 min
Apr 24, 3:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Pearl River	18 min
Apr 24, 3:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Hancock, Harrison	61 min
Apr 24, 4:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Hancock, Harrison	75 min
Apr 24, 11:13 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LIX	Pearl River	46 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.