Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 234, NWS New Orleans, LA

May 9, 1995Hancock County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 1995, 11:29 PM CDT for Hancock County, Mississippi. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 1995, 11:29 PM CDT (04:29 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 1995, 12:30 AM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Hancock County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 9, 11:40 PM CDTTornado F0Lakeshore, MSA tornado touched down briefly in Lakeshore with no significant damage. Path length and width were estimated. Several trees were blown down near Kiln.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 27 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 1995-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3211 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 1995-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 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
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

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSt. Mary58 min
May 9, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWashington61 min
May 9, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXIberia, Saint Martin59 min
May 9, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXIberville58 min
May 9, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAscension65 min
May 9, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXLivingston54 min
May 9, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXOrleans, Saint Tammany65 min
May 9, 11:12 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXOrleans, Saint Tammany63 min
May 10, 12:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXEast Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge63 min
May 10, 1:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXAscension, Livingston2 hr
May 10, 1:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXSaint Tammany, Tangipahoa3 hr
May 10, 2:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Tammany, Tangipahoa68 min
May 10, 4:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXSaint Tammany, Tangipahoa4 hr
May 10, 8:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXOrleans, Saint Bernard56 min
May 10, 11:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPlaquemines, Saint Bernard62 min
May 10, 3:30 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXAvoyelles, Saint Landry60 min
May 10, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXIberville, Saint Martin67 min
May 10, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Landry69 min
May 9, 7:18 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXHarrison57 min
May 9, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPearl River60 min
May 9, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPearl River30 min
May 9, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHancock, Pearl River69 min
May 9, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHarrison61 min
May 9, 11:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHarrison68 min
May 9, 11:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXHancock, Harrison3 hr
May 10, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXJackson56 min
May 10, 2:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXHarrison, Jackson3 hr
May 10, 2:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXHancock3 hr
May 10, 2:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHarrison, Jackson60 min
May 10, 3:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHancock59 min
May 10, 3:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXJackson35 min
May 10, 3:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHancock, Harrison57 min
May 10, 5:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXHancock, Harrison, Pearl River4 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 1995Every severe thunderstorm 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.