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Tornado Warning 19, NWS New Orleans, LA

June 15, 1996Hancock County, Harrison County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 1996, 2:33 PM CDT for Hancock County, Harrison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 12 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 15, 1996, 2:33 PM CDT (19:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 1996, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
12 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hancock County, MS, Harrison County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 44 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 1996-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1071 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 1996-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 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
1071 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
668 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-4 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 151935
TORNEW
MSC045-047-151945-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
233 PM CDT SAT JUN 15 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  245 PM CDT
FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY...SOUTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY
 
AT 2:27 PM CDT THE HANCOCK SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED A TORNADO
NEAR DIAMOND HEAD MISSISSIPPI. THIS STORM IS MOVING SE AT 15 TO
20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL APPROACH PASS CHRISTIAN MISSISSIPPI
WITHIN THE NEXT 15 TO 20 MINUTES.
 
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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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.