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Tornado Warning 40, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at May 9, 1995, 10:22 AM CDT for Harrison County, Jackson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 68 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 9, 1995, 10:22 AM CDT (15:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 1995, 11:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Harrison County, MS, Jackson County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KNEW 091525 TORNEW MSC047-059-MSZ501-091630- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1022 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 AM CDT FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI ...HARRISON COUNTY...JACKSON COUNTY AND FOR MARINE INTERESTS IN THE COASTAL WATERS FROM... ...GULFPORT MS TO PASCAGOULA MS AT 1020 AM CDT DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS FROM BAY ST LOUIS TO NEAR HURLEY. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORNADOES IN JACKSON COUNTY MISSISSISSI. AT 1010 AM CDT JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED A TORNADO DAMAGED SOME HOMES NEAR MOSS POINT. ANOTHER TORNADO WAS REPORTED NEAR HURLEY ALONG HIGHWAY 613. THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE TORNADOES ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. 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. &
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, 4:44 AM CDT, 5 hours 38 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, 5 hours 34 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, 9:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 27 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, 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 |
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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.