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Tornado Warning 68, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Dec 17, 1995, 6:53 PM CST for Harrison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 37 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 17, 1995, 6:53 PM CST (00:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 17, 1995, 7:30 PM CST
- In force
- 37 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, 0.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 612 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 285 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KNEW 180054 TORNEW MSC047-180130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 653 PM CST SUN DEC 17 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CST FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI ...NORTHERN HARRISON COUNTY AT 650 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAUCIER. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL PASS OVER SAUCIER BEFORE 610 PM. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNPITURE. 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
Special weather statement, Dec 17, 4:41 PM CST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
LAZ049-048-036-046-050-034-037-047-035-MSZ069-068-172345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 441 PM CST SUN DEC 17 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA ...SOUTH MISSISSIPPI AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS... AT 430 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN SLIDELL HAS CLEARED THE FOLLOWING PARISHES AND COUNTIES FROM THE TORNADO WATCH... IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA... POINTE COUPEE WEST FELICIANA EAST FELICIANA ST. HELENA UPPER ST. MARTIN IBERVILLE WEST BATON ROUGE EAST BATON ROUGE ACENSION LIVINGSTON ASSUMPTION IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI... WILKINSON AMITE
Special weather statement, Dec 17, 4:42 PM CST, 2 hours 11 minutes before
LAZ049-048-036-046-050-034-037-047-035-MSZ069-068-172345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 441 PM CST SUN DEC 17 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA ...SOUTH MISSISSIPPI AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS... AT 430 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN SLIDELL HAS CLEARED THE FOLLOWING PARISHES AND COUNTIES FROM THE TORNADO WATCH... IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA... POINTE COUPEE WEST FELICIANA EAST FELICIANA ST. HELENA UPPER ST. MARTIN IBERVILLE WEST BATON ROUGE EAST BATON ROUGE ACENSION LIVINGSTON ASSUMPTION IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI... WILKINSON Z AMITE
Special weather statement, Dec 17, 6:45 PM CST, 8 minutes before
LAZ056-061-068-059-067-060-057-058-040-038-065-066-039-MSZ077-070- 071-180130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 645 PM CST SUN DEC 17 1995 ...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI HAS BEEN CANCELLED AT 640 PM CST... AT 640 PM CST...THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED WELL EAST OF THE AREA. THE FOLLOWING PARISHES AND COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CLEARED OF THE TORNADO WATCH... IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI... PIKE WALTHALL PEARL RIVER IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA... TANGIPAHOA WASHINGTON ST. TAMMANY ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST ASSUMPTION ST. JAMES ST. CHARLES UPPER AND LOWER LAFOURCHE UPPER AND LOWER TERREBONNE UPPER AND LOWER JEFFERSON
Special weather statement, Dec 17, 6:46 PM CST, 7 minutes before
LAZ056-061-068-059-067-060-057-058-040-038-065-066-039-MSZ077-070- 071-180130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 645 PM CST SUN DEC 17 1995 ...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI HAS BEEN CANCELLED AT 640 PM CST... AT 640 PM CST...THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED WELL EAST OF THE AREA. THE FOLLOWING PARISHES AND COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CLEARED OF THE TORNADO WATCH... IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI... PIKE WALTHALL PEARL RIVER IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA... TANGIPAHOA WASHINGTON ST. TAMMANY ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST ASSUMPTION ST. JAMES ST. CHARLES UPPER AND LOWER LAFOURCHE UPPER AND LOWER TERRE<BONNE UPPER AND LOWER JEFFERSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 6:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock | 26 min |
| Dec 18, 6:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 18 min |
| Dec 18, 7:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jackson | 21 min |
| Dec 18, 10:24 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Jackson | 2 hr |
| Dec 18, 1:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 42 min |
| Dec 18, 1:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 49 min |
| Dec 18, 3:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 40 min |
| Dec 18, 3:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison | 58 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.