Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 21, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 22, 1995, 6:19 PM CDT for Amite County, Pike County, Mississippi. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 22, 1995, 6:19 PM CDT (23:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 1995, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Amite County, MS, Pike County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 1300 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 542 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KNEW 222321 TORNEW MSC005-113-230015- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 619 PM CDT SAT APR 22 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI ...AMITE COUNTY...PIKE COUNTY AT 615 PM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GLOSTER IN AMITE COUNTY MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH TOWARD LIBERTY. THIS STORM SHOULD BE NEAR LIBERY AROUND 645 PM CDT. AT 610 PM CDT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR GLOSTER. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. &
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 67 min |
| Apr 22, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite, Wilkinson | 56 min |
| Apr 22, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite | 55 min |
| Apr 22, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pike | 55 min |
| Apr 22, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 63 min |
| Apr 22, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Walthall | 66 min |
| Apr 22, 5:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Walthall | 49 min |
| Apr 22, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite, Wilkinson | 65 min |
| Apr 22, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison | 57 min |
| Apr 22, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock | 67 min |
| Apr 22, 6:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock | 3 hr |
| Apr 22, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison | 63 min |
| Apr 22, 6:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 52 min |
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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.