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Tornado Warning 38, NWS New Orleans, LA

May 9, 1995Jackson County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at May 9, 1995, 9:03 AM CDT for Jackson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 27 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 9, 1995, 9:03 AM CDT (14:03 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 1995, 9:30 AM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Whole counties

County Jackson County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 106 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1490 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 583 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 145 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.0
Supercell composite: 5.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KNEW 091405
TORNEW
MSC059-091430-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
903 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 AM CDT
FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...JACKSON COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
 
AT 9:00 AM CDT GULFPORT P.D. REPORTED A WATER SPOUT MOVED ONSHORE
AT BILOXI. THE THUNDERSTORM ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WATER SPOUT/TORNADO
WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILE PER HOUR.
 
 
 
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.
 
 
 
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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, May 9, 3:04 AM CDT, 5 hours 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
200 AM CDT THU MAY  9 1995

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

0215 PM-   BERWICK TO SMITHDALE      MS   TORNADO ON IMTERMITTENT PATH.
0245 PM    AMITE                          SEVERAL HOUSES DAMAGED.
5/8/95                                    WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE.
                                          REPORTED BY SHERIFFS OFFICE

0255 PM    MC COMB AND SUMMIT        MS   NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED BY
05/08/95   PIKE                           BY HIGH WINDS. REPORTED
                                          BY CIVIL DEFENSE.
0300 PM    WALKER                    LA   SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES DAMAGED
05/08/95   LIVINGSTON                     AND NUMEROUS LARGE TREE LIMBS
                                          DOWNED.
0245 PM    BATON ROUGE               LA   TREES DOWNED AND SIDING RIPPED
05/08/95   EAST BATON ROUGE               OFF APARTMENT COMPLEX.
0545 PM    RACELAND                  LA   TREES LIMBS DOWNED AND
05/08/95   LAFOURCHE                      POWER LINES.

1033 PM    NEW ORLEANS LAKEFRONT     LA   WIND GUST TO 50 KNOTS.
05/08/95   AIRPORT  NEW                   APPROXIMATELY 7 SMALL
           ORLEANS                        AIRCRAFT OVERTURNED.
                                          ONE HOUR RAINFALL 10PM TO
                                          11PM CDT...4.57 INCHES

1030 PM    ARABI                     LA   THUNDERSTORM WIND OR POSSIBLE
5/8/95     ST BERNARD                     TORNADO HEAVILY DAMAGED A
                                          SMALL BUSINESS AND A PUMPING
                                          STATION.
.........             ................       .................

STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AS OF MIDNIGHT....MOST FALLING SINCE 7PM CDT
MOISANT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...12.24 INCHES
NEW ORLEANS AUDUBON PARK...10.94 INCHES
NEW ORLEANS xLAKE FRONT AIRPORT...10.58 INCHES.
SOME STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 15 INCHES.
SEVERE STREET FLOODING IN METRO NEW ORLEANS WITH WATER ENTERING
MANY HOMES.

Local storm report, May 9, 3:09 AM CDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORTS...COR TO DAY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
200 AM CDT TUE MAY  9 1995

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

0215 PM-   BERWICK TO SMITHDALE      MS   TORNADO ON IMTERMITTENT PATH.
0245 PM    AMITE                          SEVERAL HOUSES DAMAGED.
5/8/95                                    WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE.
                                          REPORTED BY SHERIFFS OFFICE

0255 PM    MC COMB AND SUMMIT        MS   NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED BY
05/08/95   PIKE                           BY HIGH WINDS. REPORTED
                                          BY CIVIL DEFENSE.
0300 PM    WALKER                    LA   SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES DAMAGED
05/08/95   LIVINGSTON                     AND NUMEROUS LARGE TREE LIMBS
                                          DOWNED.
0245 PM    BATON ROUGE               LA   TREES DOWNED AND SIDING RIPPED
05/08/95   EAST BATON ROUGE               OFF APARTMENT COMPLEX.
0545 PM    RACELAND                  LA   TREES LIMBS DOWNED AND
05/08/95   LAFOURCHE                      POWER LINES.

1033 PM    NEW ORLEANS LAKEFRONT     LA   WIND GUST TO 50 KNOTS.
05/08/95   AIRPORT  NEW                   APPROXIMATELY 7 SMALL
           ORLEANS                        AIRCRAFT OVERTURNED.
                                          ONE HOUR RAINFALL 10PM TO
                                          11PM CDT...4.57 INCHES

1030 PM    ARABI                     LA   THUNDERSTORM WIND OR POSSIBLE
5/8/95     ST BERNARD                     TORNADO HEAVILY DAMAGED A
                                          SMALL BUSINESS AND A PUMPING
                                          STATION.
.........             ................       .................

STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AS OF MIDNIGHT....MOST FALLING SINCE 7PM CDT
MOISANT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...12.24 INCHES
NEW ORLEANS AUDUBON PARK...10.94 INCHES
NEW ORLEANS LAKE FRONT AIRPORT...10.58 INCHES.
SOME STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 15 INCHES.
SEVERE STREET FLOODING IN METRO NEW ORLEANS WITH WATER ENTERING
MANY HOMES.

Local storm report, May 9, 4:44 AM CDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
445 AM CDT TUE MAY  9 1995

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

1205 AM    PEARLINGTON               MS   PUBLIC REPORTS 2 TORNADOES ONE
05/09/95   HANCOCK                        IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND ONE NORTH
                                          OF TOWN.

1215 AM    PEARLINGTON               MS   PUBLIC REPORTS POSSIBLE TORNADO
05/09/95   HANCOCK                        DESTROYED 3 HOMES.

1215 AM    PEARLINGTON               MS   HANCOCK SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTS
05/09/95   HANCOCK                        NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.

145 AM     KILN AND DIAMOND HEAD     MS   WAVELAND POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTS
05/09/95   HANCOCK                        EVACUATIONS DUE TO WATER ENTERING
                                          HOMES.

Local storm report, May 9, 4:48 AM CDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
450 AM CDT TUE MAY  9 1995

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

1133 PM    SLIDELL                   LA   TORNADO HEAVILY DAMAGED SEVERAL
05/08/95   ST TAMMANY                     HOMES IN THE EDEN ISLES AREA OF
                                          SLIDELL. FULL EXTENT OF DAMAGE
                                          AND OR INJURIES UNKNOWN AT THIS
                                          TIME.

The office that day

Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 8, 11:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Hancock	62 min
May 9, 12:12 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Hancock	48 min
May 9, 12:25 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LIX	Hancock	4 hr
May 9, 1:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Hancock, Harrison	60 min
May 9, 1:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LIX	Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River	4 hr
May 9, 1:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Harrison	61 min
May 9, 2:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Pearl River	69 min
May 9, 3:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Hancock, Harrison	63 min
May 9, 4:34 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Harrison	56 min
May 9, 5:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Harrison	58 min
May 9, 5:31 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LIX	Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River	4 hr
May 9, 5:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Jackson	67 min
May 9, 6:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Harrison	68 min
May 9, 6:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Jackson	69 min
May 9, 7:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Harrison, Jackson	62 min
May 9, 9:33 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Harrison, Jackson	57 min
May 9, 9:50 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LIX	Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River	4 hr
May 9, 9:50 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LIX	Jackson	4 hr
May 9, 10:22 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Harrison, Jackson	68 min
May 9, 11:43 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Hancock, Harrison	62 min
May 9, 12:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Harrison, Jackson	59 min
May 9, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Harrison	69 min

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.