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Tornado Warning 41, NWS New Orleans, LA

May 9, 1995Hancock County, Harrison County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at May 9, 1995, 11:43 AM CDT for Hancock County, Harrison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 1995, 11:43 AM CDT (16:43 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 1995, 12:45 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hancock County, MS, Harrison County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 44 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1995-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1490 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1995-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 145 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KNEW 091647
TORNEW
MSC045-047-LAZ501-091745-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1143 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM CDT
FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...SOUTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY...SOUTHERN HARRISON COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
      ...FOR MARINE INTERESTS IN THE COASTAL WATERS AROUND...
 
   ...LAKE BORGNE TO GULFPORT
 
AT 1144 AM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DROPPLER RADAR INICATED A LARGE
CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO OR WATERSPOUT
NEAR MOUTH OF THE PEARL RIVER. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST
ABOUT 35 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.

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, 10:24 AM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA
1025 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 1995

TIME/CDT  PARISH/LOCATION        ...REPORTS FOR MAY 8...

1120 AM   ST. LANDRY         LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN ON POWER LINES,
TO                           SEVERAL TREES DOWN BETWEEN PLAISANCE
1200 PM                      AND OPELOUSAS.  LARGE POWER OUTAGE
                             IN OPELOUSAS...REPORTED BY ELECTRIC
                             COMPANY.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHancock62 min
May 9, 12:12 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXHancock48 min
May 9, 12:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXHancock4 hr
May 9, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHancock, Harrison60 min
May 9, 1:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXHancock, Harrison, Pearl River4 hr
May 9, 1:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHarrison61 min
May 9, 2:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPearl River69 min
May 9, 3:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHancock, Harrison63 min
May 9, 4:34 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXHarrison56 min
May 9, 5:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHarrison58 min
May 9, 5:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXHancock, Harrison, Pearl River4 hr
May 9, 5:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXJackson67 min
May 9, 6:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHarrison68 min
May 9, 6:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXJackson69 min
May 9, 7:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHarrison, Jackson62 min
May 9, 9:03 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXJackson27 min
May 9, 9:33 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXHarrison, Jackson57 min
May 9, 9:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXHancock, Harrison, Pearl River4 hr
May 9, 9:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXJackson4 hr
May 9, 10:22 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXHarrison, Jackson68 min
May 9, 12:46 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXHarrison, Jackson59 min
May 9, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHarrison69 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.