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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 241, NWS New Orleans, LA

May 10, 1995Jackson County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 1995, 3:25 AM CDT for Jackson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 1995, 3:25 AM CDT (08:25 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 1995, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Jackson County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 106 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

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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 10, 1:12 AM CDT, 2 hours 13 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
5/9/95
Local storm report, May 10, 1:15 AM CDT, 2 hours 10 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 EOC
Local storm report, May 10, 1:53 AM CDT, 1 hour 32 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.
Local storm report, May 10, 2:49 AM CDT, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
250 AM CDT WED MAY 10 1995

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

400 AM     SLIDELL                   MS   5 FEET OF WATER REPORTED ON 6TH
05/09/95   ST TAMMANY                     STREET NEAR OLD TOWN SLIDELL.
                                          EVACUATION OF HOMES BY BOAT.
                                          SLIDELL POLICE DEPARTMENT ALSO
                                          REPORTS EVACUATIONS IN NORTH
                                          SLIDELL AREA. RAIN GAUGE IN OLD
                                          TOWN REPORED 8.8" OF RAIN AS 4AM.

410AM       SAUCIER AND LYMAN        MS   POSSIBLE TORNADO REPORTED BY
05/09/95    HARRISON                      HARRISON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE.
                                          HOUSES DAMAGED AND TREES DOWN.

9 PM-12 AM  ORMOND                   LA   ST CHARLES E.O.C. REPORTS 15" OF
            ST CHARLES                    OF RAIN BETWEEN 9PM AND 12AM.
                                          ALSO NUMEROUS REPORTS AROUND PARISH
                                          OF FROM 12" TO 19" OF RAIN.

515 AM      PEARLINGTON              MS   MISSISSIPPI EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
05/09/95    HANCOCK                       REPORTS HIGHWAY 43 IS UNDER WATER.

515 AM      PICAYUNE
05/09/95    PEARL RIVER              MS   MISSISSIPPI EMERGENY MANAGEMENT REPORT                                          REPORTED 200 PEOPLE EVACUATED DUE TO
                                          HIGH WATER.

735 AM      THROUGHOUT PARISH        LA   ST CHARLES E.O.C. REPORTS 100 HOMES
05/09/95    ST CHARLES                    FLOODED.

1130 PM     NEW ORLEANS              LA   TV NEWS REPORTS HOUSE HEAVILY DAMAGED
TO 1200AM   ORLEANS                       DAMAGED ON CAMP STREET.
05/09/95

719 AM      GULFPORT                 MS   NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS
            HARRISON                      BY: GULFPORT P.D AND HARRISON C.D.

1010 AM     MOSS POINT               MS   POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGED SOME HOMES.
            JACKSON                        TORNADO REPORTED BY JACKSON COUNTY
                                           S.O. ALONG HWY 613/614 NEAR MOSS
                                           POINT AND HURLEY.

1030-11 PM  ARABI                     LA   8 RAILROAD CARS OVERTURNED. NUMEROUS
            ST BERNARD                     TREES DOWN. 2 BUSINESSES SUSTAINED
                                           HEAVY DAMAGE.

1030 PM     KILN                      MS   MARBLE SIZE HAIL ALONG HWY 603
            HANCOCK                        REPORTED BY HARRISON C.D.

1110 PM     CAUSEWAY TOLL BRIDGE      LA   ESE WIND 60 MPH...0 VISIBILITY...AND
            ST TAMMANY/JEFFERSON           1/2" HAIL REPORTED BY THE CAUSEWAY
                                           BRIDGE P.D.
4
1145 PM     NEAR KILN                 MS   NUMEROUS TREES DOWN DUE TO HIGH
            HANCOCK                        WINDS.

1150 PM     D`IBERVILLE               MS   MARBLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED
            HARRISON

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, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHancock61 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, 3:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHancock, Harrison57 min
May 10, 5:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXHancock, Harrison, Pearl River4 hr

Nearby

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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.