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Tornado Warning 23, NWS New Orleans, LA

November 7, 1996Hancock County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Nov 7, 1996, 5:00 PM CST for Hancock County, Mississippi. It was in force for 30 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Nov 7, 1996, 5:00 PM CST (23:00 UTC)
Expired: Nov 7, 1996, 5:30 PM CST
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Whole counties

County Hancock County, MS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Nov 7, 5:05 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind	Lakeshore, MS
Nov 7, 5:17 PM CST	Tornado F0	Kiln, MS
Nov 7, 5:20 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind	Bay St Louis, 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 27 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 993 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 519 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 178 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 207 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.8
Supercell composite: 5.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KNEW 072301 RRA
TORNEW
MSC045-072330-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
500 PM CST THU NOV 7 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM CST
FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...SOUTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
 
 
AT 456 PM HANCOCK COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN
IN THE VICINITY OF LAKESHORE. THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PRODUCED THIS
TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST. COMMUNTIES IN THE PATH OF THIS
THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE WAVELAND...BAY ST LOUIS AND KILN.
 
 
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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 7, 12:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Pike, Walthall	43 min
Nov 7, 4:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Hancock	42 min
Nov 7, 5:06 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Harrison	39 min
Nov 7, 5:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Jackson	47 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.