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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS New Orleans, LA

May 16, 2023Pearl River County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2023, 5:53 PM CDT for Pearl River County, Mississippi. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 2023, 5:53 PM CDT (22:53 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 2023, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Pearl River County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 59 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2023-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 121 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2023-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
121 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-182 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1228 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 9:19 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX86 min
May 15, 10:48 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX43 min
May 16, 1:09 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX2 hr
May 16, 2:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXWest Feliciana41 min
May 16, 2:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXAssumption54 min
May 16, 3:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXSaint Bernard32 min
May 16, 4:26 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX49 min
May 16, 4:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXJefferson49 min
May 16, 5:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXOrleans43 min
May 16, 5:49 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX45 min
May 16, 5:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXJefferson65 min
May 16, 5:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXOrleans32 min
May 16, 3:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXJackson38 min
May 16, 3:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXHancock31 min
May 16, 4:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXWalthall24 min
May 16, 5:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXPearl River65 min
May 16, 6:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXPearl River37 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.