Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 14, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 11, 1995, 2:56 AM CDT for Amite County, Mississippi. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 11, 1995, 2:56 AM CDT (07:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 1995, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Amite County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 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
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -351 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2075 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KNEW 110801 TORNEW LAC037-125-MSC005-157-110900- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 256 AM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA ...EAST FELICIANA PARISH ...EASTERN WEST FELICIANA PARISH IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI ...AMITE COUNTY...EASTERN WILKINSON COUNTY AT 3:47 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A 20 MILE WIDE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE LEADING EDGE EXTENDING FROM NEAR ROSETTA MISSISSIPPI TO NEAR ST. FRANCISVILLE LOUISIANA. THIS LINE IS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 30 MILE PER HOUR. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO MOVE TO SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE ...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Apr 11, 1:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
145 AM CDT TUE APR 11 1995
TIME CST PARISH EVENT
316 PM ST LANDRY TREES DOWN WITH LIMB BLOCKING ROAD ON
HIGHWAY 361
340 PM AVOYELLES LIMBS DOWN VARIOUS PARISH LOCATIONS
415 PM IBERVILLE MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN PLAQUEMINE
730 PM ST JAMES ST JAMES E.O.C. REPORTS QUARTER SIZE HAIL
IN THE LUTCHER/GRAMERCY AREA
730 PM LAKE AUTO WIND GAUGE REPORTED 35 KT WIND GUST
PONTCHARTRAIN
838 PM ST BERNARD PUBLIC REPORTS GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT
VIOLET
850 PM ORLEANS PUBLIC REPORT OF MARBLE SIZE HAIL ALONG
I-610 IN NEW ORLEANS
851 PM ORLEANS TELEVISION METEOROLOGIST REPORTS LARGE
MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN LAKEFRONT AREA
852 PM ORLEANS TIMES-PICAYUNE EMPLOYEE REPORTS MARBLE
SIZE HAIL AT OFFICE
855 PM ORLEANS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST
REPORTS HALF-INCH HAIL NEAR LAKE VISTA AREA
855 PM ORLEANS WEATHER OBSERVER REPORTS GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL IN METAIRIE
858 PM ST BERNARD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST
REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL IN CHALMETTE
858 PM ORLEANS WEATHER OBSERVER REPORTS NICKEL SIZE HAIL
ON JEFFERSON HIGHWAY NEAR OSHNER HOSPITAL
IN METAIRIE
900 PM ORLEANS PUBLIC REPORTS ON CELLULAR PHONE MARBLE
SIZE HAIL ON I-10 IN METAIRIE
902 PM LAFOURCHE LAFOURCHE S.O. REPORTS HAIL OF VARIOUS
SIZE JUST SOUTH OF LOCKPORT
1000 PM HANCOCK CO METEOROLOGIST REPORTS QUARTER INCH HAIL
1020 PM CONCORDIA CONCORDIA S.O. REPORTS TREES DOWN NEAR
WILDSVILLE 3 MI SOUTH OF U.S. HWY 84
1039 PM CONCORDIA CONCORDIA S.O. REPORTS TREE BLOCKING
LA HWY 900 1 MILE SOUTH OF U.S. HWY
65. POWER LINES DOWN. CAR CRASHED INTO
A TREELocal storm report, Apr 11, 1:46 AM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
145 AM CDT TUE APR 11 1995
TIME CST PARISH EVENT
316 PM ST LANDRY TREES DOWN WITH LIMB BLOCKING ROAD ON
HIGHWAY 361
340 PM AVOYELLES LIMBS DOWN VARIOUS PARISH LOCATIONS
415 PM IBERVILLE MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN PLAQUEMINE
730 PM ST JAMES ST JAMES E.O.C. REPORTS QUARTER SIZE HAIL
IN THE LUTCHER/GRAMERCY AREA
730 PM LAKE AUTO WIND GAUGE REPORTED 35 KT WIND GUST
PONTCHARTRAIN
838 PM ST BERNARD PUBLIC REPORTS GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT
VIOLET
850 PM ORLEANS PUBLIC REPORT OF MARBLE SIZE HAIL ALONG
I-610 IN NEW ORLEANS
851 PM ORLEANS TELEVISION METEOROLOGIST REPORTS LARGE
MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN LAKEFRONT AREA
852 PM ORLEANS TIMES-PICAYUNE EMPLOYEE REPORTS MARBLE
SIZE HAIL AT OFFICE
855 PM ORLEANS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST
REPORTS HALF-INCH HAIL NEAR LAKE VISTA AREA
855 PM ORLEANS WEATHER OBSERVER REPORTS GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL IN METAIRIE
858 PM ST BERNARD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST
REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL IN CHALMETTE
858 PM ORLEANS WEATHER OBSERVER REPORTS NICKEL SIZE HAIL
ON JEFFERSON HIGHWAY NEAR OSHNER HOSPITAL
IN METAIRIE
900 PM ORLEANS PUBLIC REPORTS ON CELLULAR PHONE MARBLE
SIZE HAIL ON I-10 IN METAIRIE
902 PM LAFOURCHE LAFOURCHE S.O. REPORTS HAIL OF VARIOUS
SIZE JUST SOUTH OF LOCKPORT
1000 PM HANCOCK CO METEOROLOGIST REPORTS QUARTER INCH HAIL
1020 PM CONCORDIA CONCORDIA S.O. REPORTS TREES DOWN NEAR
WILDSVILLE 3 MI SOUTH OF U.S. HWY 84
1039 PM CONCORDIA CONCORDIA S.O. REPORTS TREE BLOCKING
LA HWY 900 1 MILE SOUTH OF U.S. HWY
65. POWER LINES DOWN. CAR CRASHED INTO
A TREEThe office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 62 min |
| Apr 11, 2:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 66 min |
| Apr 11, 2:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 64 min |
| Apr 11, 4:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike | 59 min |
| Apr 11, 4:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Amite | 4 hr |
| Apr 11, 4:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pike, Walthall | 59 min |
| Apr 11, 5:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Walthall | 65 min |
| Apr 11, 5:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Pike | 4 hr |
| Apr 11, 6:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 59 min |
| Apr 11, 8:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Amite | 4 hr |
| Apr 11, 10:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 3 hr |
| Apr 11, 10:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Jackson | 3 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.