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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this flash flood warning at May 10, 1995, 2:30 AM CDT for Harrison County, Jackson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 1995, 2:30 AM CDT (07:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 1995, 5:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Harrison County, MS, Jackson County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 3211 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 896 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KNEW 100737 FFWNEW MSC045-047-059-101030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 230 AM CDT WED MAY 10 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 AM CDT FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI ...HANCOCK COUNTY...AND HARRISON COUNTY...JACKSON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AT 228 AM CDT INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER MOST OF HANCOCK AND HARRISON COUNTIES AND MAINLY NORTH HALF OF JACKSON COUNTY. RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF 3 TO 4 INCHES WERE INDICATED IN THE PAST 3 HOURS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS. 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.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 10, 1:12 AM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
115 AM CDT WED MAY 10 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION...... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION......
7 PM NEW ORLEANS LA 4 CONFIRMED DEATHS DUE TO
5/8/95 ORLEANS FLOODING. REPORTED BY
TO ORLEANS EOC
4 AM
5/9/95Local storm report, May 10, 1:15 AM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
117 AM CDT WED MAY 10 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION...... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION......
7 PM ST CHARLES PARISH LA 3000 HOUSES SUSTAINED SOME
5/8/95 DAMAGE DUE TO FLOODING WHILE
TO 1400 OF THESE HOUSES SUFFERED
4 AM MAJOR DAMAGE. REPORTED BY
5/9/95 ST CHARLES EOCLocal storm report, May 10, 1:53 AM CDT, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
135 AM CDT WED MAY 10 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION...... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION......
1005 PM POPLARVILLE MS POSSIBLE TORNADO REPORTED BY
5/9/95 PEARL RIVER PUBLIC
1140 PM LAKESHORE MS POSSIBLE TORNADO REPORTED BY
5/9/95 HANCOCK PUBLIC
1135 PM LAKE CATHERINE LA WIND GUSTS TO 83 MPH
5/9/95 ORLEANS DAMAGE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME
1240 AM HENDERSON PT MS WATERSPOUT REPORTED BY S.O.
5/10/95 PASS CHRISTIAM
HARRISON
848 PM CDT JACKSON CITY MS BRIEF TORNADO REPORTED BY
5/9/95 JACKSON THE PUBLIC
1150 PM CDT SLIDELL LA WIDESPREAD FLOODING. MANY
5/9/95 ST TAMMANY SUBDIVISIONS UNDER HIGH| WATER.
NUMEROUS STREETS AND ROADS
IMPASSABLE AS REPORTED BY
SLIDELL P.D.The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 57 min |
| May 9, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 60 min |
| May 9, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 30 min |
| May 9, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 69 min |
| May 9, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison | 61 min |
| May 9, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock | 61 min |
| May 9, 11:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison | 68 min |
| May 9, 11:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 3 hr |
| May 10, 12:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jackson | 56 min |
| May 10, 2:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock | 3 hr |
| May 10, 2:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 60 min |
| May 10, 3:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock | 59 min |
| May 10, 3:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jackson | 35 min |
| May 10, 3:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 57 min |
| May 10, 5:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River | 4 hr |
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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.