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Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS New Orleans, LA

May 9, 1995Hancock County, Harrison County, Pearl River County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this flash flood warning at May 9, 1995, 1:51 AM CDT for Hancock County, Harrison County, Pearl River County, Mississippi. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 1995, 1:51 AM CDT (06:51 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 1995, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hancock County, MS, Harrison County, MS, Pearl River County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 43 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2084 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 229 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2084 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
597 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
229 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
229 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.3
Supercell composite
15.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KNEW 090654
FFWNEW
MSC045-047-109-091100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
151 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING    EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 AM CDT
FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...HANCOCK COUNTY...HARRISON COUNTY...PEARL RIVER COUNTY
 
AT 1:45 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM WESTERN HARRISON COUNTY
ACROSS HANCOCK AND SOUTHERN PEARL RIVER COUNTY INTO LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL RATES OF ABOUT 3 INCHES AN HOUR
OVER PORTIONS OF PEARL RIVER..HANCOCK AND HARRISON COUNTIES IN MISSISSIP
.THESE HEAVY RAINFALL RATES WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING IN LOW-LYING
AREAS. HANCOCK COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED CONSIDERABLE STREET
FLOODING IN WAVELAND AND NEAR KILN.
 
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHancock62 min
May 9, 12:12 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXHancock48 min
May 9, 12:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXHancock4 hr
May 9, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHancock, Harrison60 min
May 9, 1:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHarrison61 min
May 9, 2:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPearl River69 min
May 9, 3:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHancock, Harrison63 min
May 9, 4:34 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXHarrison56 min
May 9, 5:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHarrison58 min
May 9, 5:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXHancock, Harrison, Pearl River4 hr
May 9, 5:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXJackson67 min
May 9, 6:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHarrison68 min
May 9, 6:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXJackson69 min
May 9, 7:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHarrison, Jackson62 min
May 9, 9:03 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXJackson27 min
May 9, 9:33 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXHarrison, Jackson57 min
May 9, 9:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXHancock, Harrison, Pearl River4 hr
May 9, 9:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXJackson4 hr
May 9, 10:22 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXHarrison, Jackson68 min
May 9, 11:43 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXHancock, Harrison62 min
May 9, 12:46 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXHarrison, Jackson59 min
May 9, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHarrison69 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 1995Every flash flood warning in 1995

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.