Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS New Orleans, LA

Issued

May 9, 1995, 9:50 AM CDT (14:50 UTC)

Expired

May 9, 1995, 1:45 PM 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

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TTAA00 KNEW 091454
FFWNEW
MSC045-047-059-109-091845-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
950 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING    EFFECTIVE UNTIL  145 PM CDT
FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...HANCOCK COUNTY...HARRISON COUNTY...JACKSON COUNTY
   ...SOUTHERN PEARL RIVER COUNTY
 
AT 9:30 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES
THAT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI FROM SOUTHEAST HARRISON COUNTY TO NORTHEAST JACKSON
COUNTY MISSISSIPPI. HEAVY RAINFALL HAS SUBSIDED IN PEARL RIVER
AND HANCOCK COUNTIES. A NARROW LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
STRETCH FROM NORTHEAST HARRISON COUNTY INTO SOUTHWEST LAKE
PONTCHARTRAIN. DOPPLER RAINFALL ESTIMATES OVER THE PAST THREE
HOURS RANGE FROM THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH OVER PEARL RIVER
COUNTY TO TWO TO FOUR INCHES OVER JACKSON AND HARRISON COUNTIES.
 
THE PEARL RIVER SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTS THAT 14 COUNTY ROADS
REMAIN PARTIALLY INPASSABLE INCLUDING I-59 NEAR EXIT 6 TO THE
LOUISIANA STATE LINE. HANCOCK SHERRIF'S OFFICE REPORTS SECTIONS
OF HIGHWAY 43 ARE UNDER WATER..WHILE HARRISON COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE HAS REPORTED MANY COUNTY ROADS STILL PARTIALLY UNDER WATER.
FLOOD WATERS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH LATER THIS MORNING AND
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
 
MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION ON ROADWAYS. 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.
 
 
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In the hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
445 AM CDT TUE MAY  9 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION...... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION......

1205 AM    PEARLINGTON               MS   PUBLIC REPORTS 2 TORNADOES ONE
05/09/95   HANCOCK                        IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND ONE NORTH
                                          OF TOWN.

1215 AM    PEARLINGTON               MS   PUBLIC REPORTS POSSIBLE TORNADO
05/09/95   HANCOCK                        DESTROYED 3 HOMES.

1215 AM    PEARLINGTON               MS   HANCOCK SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTS
05/09/95   HANCOCK                        NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.

145 AM     KILN AND DIAMOND HEAD     MS   WAVELAND POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTS
05/09/95   HANCOCK                        EVACUATIONS DUE TO WATER ENTERING
                                          HOMES.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
450 AM CDT TUE MAY  9 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION...... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION......

1133 PM    SLIDELL                   LA   TORNADO HEAVILY DAMAGED SEVERAL
05/08/95   ST TAMMANY                     HOMES IN THE EDEN ISLES AREA OF
                                          SLIDELL. FULL EXTENT OF DAMAGE
                                          AND OR INJURIES UNKNOWN AT THIS
                                          TIME.

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

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.