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Tornado Warning 56, NWS New Orleans, LA

August 4, 1995Harrison County, Jackson County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Aug 4, 1995, 12:46 PM CDT for Harrison County, Jackson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 4, 1995, 12:46 PM CDT (17:46 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 1995, 1:18 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Harrison County, MS, Jackson County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1995-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1102 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 12:00Z on 1995-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -18 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1102 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
807 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KNEW 041748 RRA
TORNEW
MSC047-059-041845-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1246 PM CDT FRI AUG 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  145 PM CDT
FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...EASTERN HARRISON COUNTY...WESTERN JACKSON COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA.
 
AT 1245 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AT VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR D'IBERVILLE ON THE HARRISON-JACKSON COUTY
LINE. THE BILOXI POLICE HAVE REPORTED A TORNADO IN THE D'IBERVILLE
AREA. THIS STORM IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 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.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 12:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHarrison59 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.