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Tornado Warning 39, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Aug 29, 2021, 6:21 AM CDT for Hancock County, Harrison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report 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
- Aug 29, 2021, 6:21 AM CDT (11:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2021, 6:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Hancock County, MS, Harrison County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 6:23 AM CDT | TORNADO | 1 Wsw Pass Christian, MS | A NWS SURVEY TEAM FOUND DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH AN EF-1 TORNADO. A LIKELY WATERSPOUT MOVED ONSHORE NEAR RAILROAD ST AND HENDERSON AVE WHERE IT CAUSED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO SEVERAL HOUSES. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED NEAR WITMAN AVE WHERE A HOUSE SUSTAIN |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 6:07 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 13 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 38 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
- 790 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1003 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
529
WFUS54 KLIX 291121
TORLIX
MSC045-047-291145-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0039.210829T1121Z-210829T1145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
621 AM CDT Sun Aug 29 2021
The National Weather Service in New Orleans has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Harrison County in southern Mississippi...
East central Hancock County in southern Mississippi...
* Until 645 AM CDT.
* At 621 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Long Beach, moving northwest 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...
Bay St. Louis, Waveland, Diamondhead and Shoreline Park around 635
AM CDT.
This includes Interstate 10 in Mississippi between mile markers 17
and 20.
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.
This cluster of thunderstorms is capable of producing tornadoes and
widespread significant wind damage. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest
floor of a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3030 8929 3036 8928 3036 8931 3038 8932
3037 8935 3034 8938 3034 8933 3032 8932
3029 8934 3031 8940 3042 8935 3033 8918
TIME...MOT...LOC 1121Z 116DEG 30KT 3031 8925
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
$$
BL1 follow-up statement
682
WWUS54 KLIX 291139
SVSLIX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
639 AM CDT Sun Aug 29 2021
MSC045-047-291148-
/O.EXP.KLIX.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-210829T1145Z/
Harrison MS-Hancock MS-
639 AM CDT Sun Aug 29 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN HARRISON AND EAST CENTRAL
HANCOCK COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 645 AM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for southern
Mississippi.
LAT...LON 3030 8929 3036 8928 3036 8931 3038 8932
3037 8935 3034 8938 3034 8933 3032 8932
3029 8934 3031 8940 3042 8935 3033 8918
TIME...MOT...LOC 1138Z 116DEG 30KT 3036 8937
$$
BLThe office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 8:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 24 min |
| Aug 29, 2:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River | 15 min |
| Aug 29, 3:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock | 23 min |
| Aug 29, 5:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 33 min |
| Aug 29, 5:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Harrison | 5 hr |
| Aug 29, 6:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 8 hr |
| Aug 29, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock | 35 min |
| Aug 29, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 36 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.