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Tornado Warning 42, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Aug 29, 2021, 3:07 PM CDT for Hancock County, Mississippi. It was in force for 23 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
- Aug 29, 2021, 3:07 PM CDT (20:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2021, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 6:07 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 13 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 21 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
- 3256 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted.
287
WFUS54 KLIX 292007
TORLIX
MSC045-292030-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0042.210829T2007Z-210829T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
307 PM CDT Sun Aug 29 2021
The National Weather Service in New Orleans has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southern Hancock County in southern Mississippi...
* Until 330 PM CDT.
* At 306 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Waveland, moving northwest at 50 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...
Stennis Space Center around 320 PM CDT.
This includes Interstate 10 in Mississippi between mile markers 5 and
10.
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 3024 8943 3028 8950 3037 8966 3045 8956
3027 8938
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 130DEG 42KT 3027 8943
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
$$
JRK2 follow-up statements
793
WWUS54 KLIX 292016
SVSLIX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
316 PM CDT Sun Aug 29 2021
MSC045-292030-
/O.CON.KLIX.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-210829T2030Z/
Hancock MS-
316 PM CDT Sun Aug 29 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL HANCOCK COUNTY...
At 315 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Stennis Space Center, or 11 miles west of
Diamondhead, moving northwest at 60 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
west central Hancock County.
This includes Interstate 10 in Mississippi between mile markers 7 and
8.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3035 8948 3032 8950 3036 8964 3037 8966
3045 8956 3038 8949
TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 122DEG 53KT 3037 8956
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
$$
JRK959
WWUS54 KLIX 292023
SVSLIX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
323 PM CDT Sun Aug 29 2021
MSC045-292033-
/O.EXP.KLIX.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-210829T2030Z/
Hancock MS-
323 PM CDT Sun Aug 29 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL HANCOCK COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
330 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for southeastern
Louisiana...and southern Mississippi.
LAT...LON 3035 8948 3032 8950 3036 8964 3037 8966
3045 8956 3038 8949
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 130DEG 42KT 3043 8964
$$
JRKThe office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 6:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 24 min |
| 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.