Tornado Warning 22, NWS New Orleans, LA

Issued

Apr 22, 1995, 6:51 PM CDT (23:51 UTC)

Expired

Apr 22, 1995, 7:43 PM CDT

In force

52 min

Issued by

NWS New Orleans, LA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Hancock County, MS, Harrison County, MS

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

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TORNEW
MSC045-047-230100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
651 PM CDT SAT APR 22 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM CDT
FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...EASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY...HARRISON COUNTY
 
AT 650 PM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DROPPLE RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED ON THE COUNTY LINE OF HANCOCK AND HARRISON
COUNTIES JUST NORTH OF I-10. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH.
 
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.

In the hours before

LAZ009-097-221900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA
100 PM CDT SAT APR 22 1995

...TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT...

AT 100 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS FROM MONROE
TO JACKSON MISSISSIPPI SOUTH THROUGH ALEXANDRIA AND MC COMB TO BATON
ROUGE.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA
THIS AFTERNOON.

LAZ029-033-222300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA
415 PM CDT SAT APR 22 1995

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR AVOYELLES AND ST LANDRY
PARISHES OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

AT 410 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM LEBEAU
AND MELVILLE EXTENDING NORTH ACROSS BUNKIE AND SIMMESPORT TO ALEXANDRIA
AND NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI.  MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MPH.

ELSEWHERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN FROM ANGOLA AND LIVONIA EAST
ACROSS CLINTON AND BATON ROUGE TO BOGALUSA AND COVINGTON AND FROM
WOODVILLE TO MCCOMB MISSISSIPPI.

PEOPLE IN THE MENTIONED PARISHES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND LISTEN TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATEST STATEM0ENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

LAZ029-033-230100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA
545 PM CDT SAT APR 22 1995

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT TONIGHT FOR EAST CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...

AT 640 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM EUNICE
AND BUNKIE EXTENDING EAST ACROSS ANGOLA AND LIVONIA TO KENTWOOD...
GREENSBURG AND DENHAM SPRINGS AND FROM LECOMPTE AND MEEKER TO LARTO.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MPH.

ELSEWHERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN OVER MISSISSIPPI FROM
WOODVILLE TO BROOKHAVEN AND MCCOMB.

PEOPLE IN THE MENTIONED PARISHES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND LISTEN TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATEST STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 1995Every tornado warning in 1995Tornadoes in 1995

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.