Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this flash flood warning at Apr 11, 1995, 5:44 AM CDT for Pike County, Mississippi. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 11, 1995, 5:44 AM CDT (10:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 1995, 9:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pike County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -275 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1123 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KNEW 111046 FFWNEW LAC105-MSC113-111445- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 544 AM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 AM CDT FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA ...NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA PARISH IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI ...PIKE COUNTY AT 5:35 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATES A HAS RECENTLY RECEIVED REPORTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IN PIKE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI. THE HEAVIEST RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. LATEST DOPPLER RADAR DATA INDICATES THAT MODERATE RAINS CONTINUES OVER THE COUNTY AND WILL BEGIN TO TAPPER OFF TO LIGHTER RAIN DURING THE NEXT 2 TO 4 HOURS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS RECEIVED REPORTS FROM THE BROOKHAVEN SHERIFFS OFFICE OF CONSIDERABLE STREET FLOODING. 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 THREATENbING RAINS.
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, Apr 11, 1:45 AM CDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
145 AM CDT TUE APR 11 1995
TIME CST PARISH EVENT
316 PM ST LANDRY TREES DOWN WITH LIMB BLOCKING ROAD ON
HIGHWAY 361
340 PM AVOYELLES LIMBS DOWN VARIOUS PARISH LOCATIONS
415 PM IBERVILLE MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN PLAQUEMINE
730 PM ST JAMES ST JAMES E.O.C. REPORTS QUARTER SIZE HAIL
IN THE LUTCHER/GRAMERCY AREA
730 PM LAKE AUTO WIND GAUGE REPORTED 35 KT WIND GUST
PONTCHARTRAIN
838 PM ST BERNARD PUBLIC REPORTS GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT
VIOLET
850 PM ORLEANS PUBLIC REPORT OF MARBLE SIZE HAIL ALONG
I-610 IN NEW ORLEANS
851 PM ORLEANS TELEVISION METEOROLOGIST REPORTS LARGE
MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN LAKEFRONT AREA
852 PM ORLEANS TIMES-PICAYUNE EMPLOYEE REPORTS MARBLE
SIZE HAIL AT OFFICE
855 PM ORLEANS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST
REPORTS HALF-INCH HAIL NEAR LAKE VISTA AREA
855 PM ORLEANS WEATHER OBSERVER REPORTS GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL IN METAIRIE
858 PM ST BERNARD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST
REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL IN CHALMETTE
858 PM ORLEANS WEATHER OBSERVER REPORTS NICKEL SIZE HAIL
ON JEFFERSON HIGHWAY NEAR OSHNER HOSPITAL
IN METAIRIE
900 PM ORLEANS PUBLIC REPORTS ON CELLULAR PHONE MARBLE
SIZE HAIL ON I-10 IN METAIRIE
902 PM LAFOURCHE LAFOURCHE S.O. REPORTS HAIL OF VARIOUS
SIZE JUST SOUTH OF LOCKPORT
1000 PM HANCOCK CO METEOROLOGIST REPORTS QUARTER INCH HAIL
1020 PM CONCORDIA CONCORDIA S.O. REPORTS TREES DOWN NEAR
WILDSVILLE 3 MI SOUTH OF U.S. HWY 84
1039 PM CONCORDIA CONCORDIA S.O. REPORTS TREE BLOCKING
LA HWY 900 1 MILE SOUTH OF U.S. HWY
65. POWER LINES DOWN. CAR CRASHED INTO
A TREELocal storm report, Apr 11, 1:46 AM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
145 AM CDT TUE APR 11 1995
TIME CST PARISH EVENT
316 PM ST LANDRY TREES DOWN WITH LIMB BLOCKING ROAD ON
HIGHWAY 361
340 PM AVOYELLES LIMBS DOWN VARIOUS PARISH LOCATIONS
415 PM IBERVILLE MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN PLAQUEMINE
730 PM ST JAMES ST JAMES E.O.C. REPORTS QUARTER SIZE HAIL
IN THE LUTCHER/GRAMERCY AREA
730 PM LAKE AUTO WIND GAUGE REPORTED 35 KT WIND GUST
PONTCHARTRAIN
838 PM ST BERNARD PUBLIC REPORTS GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT
VIOLET
850 PM ORLEANS PUBLIC REPORT OF MARBLE SIZE HAIL ALONG
I-610 IN NEW ORLEANS
851 PM ORLEANS TELEVISION METEOROLOGIST REPORTS LARGE
MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN LAKEFRONT AREA
852 PM ORLEANS TIMES-PICAYUNE EMPLOYEE REPORTS MARBLE
SIZE HAIL AT OFFICE
855 PM ORLEANS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST
REPORTS HALF-INCH HAIL NEAR LAKE VISTA AREA
855 PM ORLEANS WEATHER OBSERVER REPORTS GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL IN METAIRIE
858 PM ST BERNARD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST
REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL IN CHALMETTE
858 PM ORLEANS WEATHER OBSERVER REPORTS NICKEL SIZE HAIL
ON JEFFERSON HIGHWAY NEAR OSHNER HOSPITAL
IN METAIRIE
900 PM ORLEANS PUBLIC REPORTS ON CELLULAR PHONE MARBLE
SIZE HAIL ON I-10 IN METAIRIE
902 PM LAFOURCHE LAFOURCHE S.O. REPORTS HAIL OF VARIOUS
SIZE JUST SOUTH OF LOCKPORT
1000 PM HANCOCK CO METEOROLOGIST REPORTS QUARTER INCH HAIL
1020 PM CONCORDIA CONCORDIA S.O. REPORTS TREES DOWN NEAR
WILDSVILLE 3 MI SOUTH OF U.S. HWY 84
1039 PM CONCORDIA CONCORDIA S.O. REPORTS TREE BLOCKING
LA HWY 900 1 MILE SOUTH OF U.S. HWY
65. POWER LINES DOWN. CAR CRASHED INTO
A TREELocal storm report, Apr 11, 3:30 AM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
330 AM CDT TUE APR 11 1995
TIME CST PARISH EVENT
250 AM WILKINSON MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTS NUMEROUS
COUNTY MS TREES DOWN ALONG HWY 24 AND 61 NORTHLocal storm report, Apr 11, 3:31 AM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 330 AM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 TIME CST PARISH EVENT 250 AM WILKINSON MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTS NUMEROUS n COUNTY MS TREES DOWN ALONG HWY 24 AND 61 NORTH
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 62 min |
| Apr 11, 2:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 66 min |
| Apr 11, 2:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 64 min |
| Apr 11, 2:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Amite | 64 min |
| Apr 11, 4:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike | 59 min |
| Apr 11, 4:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Amite | 4 hr |
| Apr 11, 4:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pike, Walthall | 59 min |
| Apr 11, 5:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Walthall | 65 min |
| Apr 11, 6:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 59 min |
| Apr 11, 8:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Amite | 4 hr |
| Apr 11, 10:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 3 hr |
| Apr 11, 10:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Jackson | 3 hr |
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.