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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 366, NWS New Orleans, LA

August 18, 1995Hancock County, Pearl River County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 1995, 2:51 PM CDT for Hancock County, Pearl River County, Mississippi. It was in force for 24 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 18, 1995, 2:51 PM CDT (19:51 UTC)
Expired
Aug 18, 1995, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hancock County, MS, Pearl River County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 40 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 1995-08-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3999 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 12:00Z on 1995-08-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3999 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
890 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KNEW 181951 RRA
SVRNEW
MSC045-109-182015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
251 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 PM CDT
FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...NORTHWESTERN HANCOCK COUNTY
   ...SOUTHWESTERN PEARL RIVER COUNTY
 
AT 250 PM CDT...SLIDELL DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF PICAYUNE MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 15
MPH.  STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR IN PICAYUNE AROUND 3 PM.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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, Aug 18, 12:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1245 PM CDT FRI AUG  18 1995

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

0627 AM    75 S THIBODAUX VORTAC     LA   81 MPH WIND GUST
08/18/95   GULF OF MEXICO                 REPORTED BY HELICOPTER
                                          PILOT REPORT OFF AN OIL
                                          RIG PLATFORM.  SUSTAINED
                                          SURFACE WINDS 63 TO 69 MPH
                                          GUSTS TO 81 MPH.
Local storm report, Aug 18, 2:30 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
229 PM CDT FRI AUG  18 1995

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

0200 PM    BATON ROUGE               LA   TORNADO
08/18/95   E BATON ROUGE                  ON THE GROUND 12 MINUTES.
                                          ONE ROOF REMOVED AND
                                          TREES DOWNED IN
                                          SHENANDOAH SUBDIVISION.
                                          REPORTED BY BATON ROUGE
                                          P.D. RELAYED BY WSO BTR.
RJR

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.