Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 1995, 9:06 AM CST for Amite County, Mississippi. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 1995, 9:06 AM CST (15:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 1995, 10:00 AM CST
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Amite County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 1025 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 558 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 287 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 6.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KJAN 071508 RRA SVRJAN MSC005-071600- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 906 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ...AMITE COUNTY AT 903 AM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH POTENTIAL FOR WIND AND HAIL DAMAGE WAS INDICATED JUST EAST OF CENTREVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS ROUTES 48...24...569...AND 567 NEAR SMITHDALE BEFORE 945 AM. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. <
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, Mar 7, 3:35 AM CST, 5 hours 31 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA
335 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995
TIME/CST PARISH/LOCATION REPORT
320 AM CONCORDIA LA SHERIFF REPORTED TREES/POWER LINES DOWN WITH
ROOF OFF TRAILER NEAR LA129 SOUTH MONTERAY.
321 AM CONCORDIA LA SHERIFF REPORTED TREES DOWN NEAR STACY AT
318 AM CST HIGHWAY 184.
322 AM CONCORDIA LA SHERIFF REPORTED POWER LINES DOWN NEAR
DEER PARK AT 318 AM CST.
820 AM CATAHOULA LA SHERIFF REPORTED TORNADOS ON THE GROUND 10
WEST AND 10 SOUTH OF JONESVILLE.
853 AM POINTE COUPEE LA SHERIFF REPORTED TRAILER HOME ROOF
BLOWN OFF AT HWY 417 IN BATCHELOR.
900 AM WEST BATON ROUGE LA DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED AT IRWINVILLE
BY SHERIFF.Local storm report, Mar 7, 3:39 AM CST, 5 hours 27 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA
335 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995
TIME/CST PARISH/LOCATION REPORT
320 AM CONCORDIA LA SHERIFF REPORTED TREES/POWER LINES DOWN WITH
ROOF OFF TRAILER NEAR LA129 SOUTH MONTERAY.
321 AM CONCORDIA LA SHERIFF REPORTED TREES DOWN NEAR STACY AT
318 AM CST HIGHWAY 184.
322 AM CONCORDIA LA SHERIFF REPORTED POWER LINES DOWN NEAR
DEER PARK AT 318 AM CST.Special weather statement, Mar 7, 4:45 AM CST, 4 hours 21 minutes before
LAZ024-026-029-033>037-046>050-071200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 445 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR AVOYELLES...CATAHOULA...CONCORDIA...POINTE COUPEE... ST LANDRY...EAST AND WEST BATON ROUGE...ST. HELENA...LIVINGSTON AND EAST AND WEST FELICIANA PARISHES IN EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY... THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAD DECREASED SOMEWHAT ACROSS EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA. HOWEVER...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED FROM NEAR NEW IBERIA TO PLAQUEMINE AND FROM NEAR CLINTON LOUISIANA NORTHEAST TO NEAR BROOKHAVEN MISSISSIPPI. THE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED MOVING OFF TO THE NORTHEAST AT NEAR 35 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECASTED TO REDEVELOP AND CONTINUE TO PLAGUE ALL OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA LATER THIS MORNING AND FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY TODAY. STAY TUNNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS ONGOING AND DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 4:47 AM CST, 4 hours 19 minutes before
LAZ024-026-029-033>037-046>050-071200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 445 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR AVOYELLES...CATAHOULA...CONCORDIA...POINTE COUPEE... ST LANDRY...EAST AND WEST BATON ROUGE...ST. HELENA...LIVINGSTON AND EAST AND WEST FELICIANA PARISHES IN EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY... THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAD DECREASED SOMEWHAT ACROSS EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA. HOWEVER...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED FROM NEAR NEW IBERIA TO PLAQUEMINE AND FROM NEAR CLINTON LOUISIANA NORTHEAST TO NEAR BROOKHAVEN MISSISSIPPI. THE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED MOVING OFF TO THE NORTHEAST AT NEAR 35 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECASTED TO REDEVELOP AND CONTINUE TO PLAGUE ALL OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA LATER THIS MORNING AND FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY TODAY. STAY TUNNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS ONGOING AND DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 6:08 AM CST, 2 hours 58 minutes before
LAZ024-026-029-033>037-046>050-071330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 610 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR AVOYELLES...CATAHOULA...CONCORDIA...POINTE COUPEE... ST LANDRY...EAST AND WEST BATON ROUGE...ST. HELENA...LIVINGSTON AND EAST AND WEST FELICIANA PARISHES IN EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY... AS OF 600 AM CST...NO PRECIPITATION WAS INDICATED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA. LIGHT RAIN WAS ONGOING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA FROM COLUMBIA TO NEAR NATCHIOTCHES. A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS JUST BEGINNING TO ENTER THE WESTERN MOST PARISHES OF THE STATE. THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDER- STORMS HAS THE HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...ALONG WITH DEADLY LIGHTNING AND LARGE HAIL ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS EARLIER THIS MORNING. THIS LINE EXTENDED FROM NEAR THE PORT ARTHUR TEXAS AREA NORTH NORTHEAST TO NEAR SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA. THIS LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT NEAR 50 MPH. STAY TUNNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADI^O FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS ONGOING AND DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 6:10 AM CST, 2 hours 56 minutes before
LAZ024-026-029-033>037-046>050-071330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 610 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR AVOYELLES...CATAHOULA...CONCORDIA...POINTE COUPEE... ST LANDRY...EAST AND WEST BATON ROUGE...ST. HELENA...LIVINGSTON AND EAST AND WEST FELICIANA PARISHES IN EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY... AS OF 600 AM CST...NO PRECIPITATION WAS INDICATED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA. LIGHT RAIN WAS ONGOING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA FROM COLUMBIA TO NEAR NATCHIOTCHES. A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS JUST BEGINNING TO ENTER THE WESTERN MOST PARISHES OF THE STATE. THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDER- STORMS HAS THE HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...ALONG WITH DEADLY LIGHTNING AND LARGE HAIL ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS EARLIER THIS MORNING. THIS LINE EXTENDED FROM NEAR THE PORT ARTHUR TEXAS AREA NORTH NORTHEAST TO NEAR SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA. THIS LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT NEAR 50 MPH. STAY TUNNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS ONGOING AND DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
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.