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Tornado Warning 43, NWS New Orleans, LA

May 9, 1995Harrison County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at May 9, 1995, 7:18 PM CDT for Harrison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 1995, 7:18 PM CDT (00:18 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 1995, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Harrison County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 62 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3211 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3211 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
896 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
4.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KNEW 100021
TORNEW
MSC047-100115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
718 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM CDT
FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...HARRISON COUNTY...
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AT 718 PM CDT INDICATED A
POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE GULFPORT...BILOXI AREA.
HARRISION COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE HAS RECEIVED A REPORT FROM THE PUBLIC
OF A FUNNEL CLOUD AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 49 AND INTERSTATE
10 AT 717 PM CDT. THIS IS THE NORTH PART OF GULFPORT. RADAR INDICATED
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM TO BE MOVING NORTHEAST ABOUT 10 TO 15 MPH.
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH THIS INTENSE STORM.
 
 
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 A.VAILABLE...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.
 
 
 
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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, 4:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
445 PM CDT TUE MAY  9 1995

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

1133 PM    SLIDELL                   LA   UPDATE ON TORNADO WHICH DAMAGED
05/08/95   ST TAMMANY                     ABOUT TWO DOZEN HOMES IN THE
                                          EDEN ISLES AREA OF SLIDELL.
                                          WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE SURVEYED
                                          THE DAMAGE THIS AFTERNOON AND
                                          DETERMINED THE TORNADO TO BE
                                          AN F1.  WIDTH OF STORM PATH
                                          ABOUT 30 YARDS AND LENGTH
                                          ABOUT 2 MILES. MOSTLY ROOF
                                          DAMAGE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPearl River60 min
May 9, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPearl River30 min
May 9, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHancock, Pearl River69 min
May 9, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHarrison61 min
May 9, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHancock61 min
May 9, 11:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHarrison68 min
May 9, 11:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXHancock, Harrison3 hr
May 10, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXJackson56 min
May 10, 2:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXHarrison, Jackson3 hr
May 10, 2:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXHancock3 hr
May 10, 2:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHarrison, Jackson60 min
May 10, 3:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHancock59 min
May 10, 3:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXJackson35 min
May 10, 3:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHancock, Harrison57 min
May 10, 5:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXHancock, Harrison, Pearl River4 hr

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.