Tornado Warning 15, NWS New Orleans, LA

Issued

Apr 14, 1996, 9:01 PM CDT (02:01 UTC)

Expired

Apr 14, 1996, 9:45 PM CDT

In force

44 min

Issued by

NWS New Orleans, LA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Saint Tammany Parish, LA, Hancock County, MS, Pearl River County, MS

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

000 
TTAA00 KNEW 150200
TORNEW
LAC103-MSC045-109-150245-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
901 PM CDT SUN APR 14 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 PM CDT
FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
 
   ...EASTERN ST. TAMMANY PARISH
 
 
IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...WESTERN HANCOCK COUNTY...PEARL RIVER COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA.
 
 
AT 858 PM CDT...SLIDELL RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING A TORNADO APPROACHING TALISHEEK AND BUSH. THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. COVINGTON
POLICE REPORTED A TORNADO WITH THIS STORM NEAR THE U.S. HIGHWAY 190
INTERSECTION WITH HIGHWAY 25 NORTH OF COVINGTON AROUND 845 PM CDT.
 
LARGE HAIL IS ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS 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 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.
 
 
 
&

In the hours before

LAZ038-039-MSZ070-071-142145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
409 PM CDT SUN APR 14 1996

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TANGIPAHOA PARISH AND PIKE COUNTY
HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 405 PM CDT...THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING FOR NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA PARISH LOUISIANA AND PIKE COUNTY
MISSISSIPPI HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED INTO NORTHERN WASHINGTON PARISH AND
WALTHALL COUNTY. THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

ADDITIONAL STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED JUST EAST
OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...AND THESE STORMS WILL
MOVE ACROSS EXTREME SOUTH MISSISSIPPI THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS
AFTERNOON. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM ACROSS
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-150030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
614 PM CDT SUN APR 14 1996

...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI
   EXPIRED AT 6 PM CDT...
...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWEST
   MISSISSIPPI TO INCLUDE WILKINSON..AMITE..PIKE AND WALTHALL
   COUNTIES...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT ACROSS
   SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI...

MUCH OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE WATCH
AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON HOWEVER NEW DEVELOPMENT WILL OCCUR. THE MAIN
CONCERN TONIGHT WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL. STAY TUNED FOR LATER0 STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 1996Tornado Warnings in Louisiana, 1996Every tornado warning in 1996Tornadoes in 1996

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.