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Tornado Warning 60, NWS New Orleans, LA

November 2, 1995Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana; Hancock County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Nov 2, 1995, 11:00 AM CST for Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana; Hancock County, Mississippi. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 2, 1995, 11:00 AM CST (17:00 UTC)
Expired
Nov 2, 1995, 11:30 AM CST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Saint Tammany Parish, LA, Hancock County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 17 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 1995-11-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2004 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 1995-11-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 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
2004 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
513 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
4.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KNEW 021708 COR
TORNEW
LAC103-MSC045-021730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED...CORRECTION...
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1100 AM CST THU NOV 2 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 AM CST
FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

   ...SOUTHEASTERN ST.TAMMANY PARISH


IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI

   ...SOUTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY

AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA.


AT 1055 AM CST THE ST TAMMANY PARISH SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED A TORNADO
TOUCHED DOWN BRIEFLY JUST SOUTHEAST OF SLIDELL ON LOUISIANA HIGHWAY 433.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 20 MPH AND WILL MOVE
INTO THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF HANCOCK COUNTY BETWEEN NOW AND 1130 AM.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.



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CORRECTION MADE FOR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR

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, Nov 2, 7:59 AM CST, 3 hours 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
755 AM CST THU NOV  2 1995

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

0435 AM    MORGANAZA                 LA   WIND DAMAGE
11/02/95   POINT COUPEE                   LARGE TREES LIMBS DOWNED
                                          BY THUNDERSTORM WIND

0700 AM    WILMER                    LA   HAIL
11/02/95   TANGIPAHOA                     HAIL SIZE UNKNOWN

0640 AM    WILMER                    LA   WIND DAMAGE
11/02/95   TANGIPAHOA                     TREES DOWNED BY
                                          THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS.
                                          REPORT FROM SHERIFFS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 2, 3:55 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXPointe Coupee, West Feliciana65 min
Nov 2, 5:03 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXEast Feliciana42 min
Nov 2, 5:27 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXEast Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge63 min
Nov 2, 5:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXLivingston, Saint Helena52 min
Nov 2, 6:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXTangipahoa59 min
Nov 2, 6:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWashington62 min
Nov 2, 6:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXTangipahoa62 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Louisiana, 1995Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 1995Every tornado warning in 1995Tornadoes in 1995

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.