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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 222, NWS New Orleans, LA

May 9, 1995Harrison County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 1995, 6:06 PM CDT for Harrison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 69 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 1995, 6:06 PM CDT (23:06 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 1995, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Harrison County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 62 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 1995-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1490 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 1995-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 145 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1490 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
583 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
5.5

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 9, 4:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
445 PM CDT TUE MAY  9 1995

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

1133 PM    SLIDELL                   LA   UPDATE ON TORNADO WHICH DAMAGED
05/08/95   ST TAMMANY                     ABOUT TWO DOZEN HOMES IN THE
                                          EDEN ISLES AREA OF SLIDELL.
                                          WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE SURVEYED
                                          THE DAMAGE THIS AFTERNOON AND
                                          DETERMINED THE TORNADO TO BE
                                          AN F1.  WIDTH OF STORM PATH
                                          ABOUT 30 YARDS AND LENGTH
                                          ABOUT 2 MILES. MOSTLY ROOF
                                          DAMAGE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXLafourche, Saint Charles63 min
May 8, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXTerrebonne63 min
May 8, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXOrleans, Saint Bernard61 min
May 8, 11:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXLafourche, Terrebonne2 hr
May 8, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Tammany62 min
May 8, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXOrleans62 min
May 8, 11:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXJefferson, Saint Charles4 hr
May 8, 11:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXOrleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard4 hr
May 9, 12:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Tammany69 min
May 9, 3:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXSaint Tammany4 hr
May 9, 4:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Tammany61 min
May 9, 7:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXSaint Tammany4 hr
May 9, 7:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXOrleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard4 hr
May 9, 7:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXJefferson, Saint Charles4 hr
May 9, 10:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXSaint Tammany3 hr
May 9, 11:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXJefferson, Saint Charles4 hr
May 9, 11:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXOrleans4 hr
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, 1:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXHancock, Harrison, Pearl River4 hr
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

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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.