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Tornado Warning 24, NWS New Orleans, LA

November 7, 1996Harrison County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Nov 7, 1996, 5:06 PM CST for Harrison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 39 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
Nov 7, 1996, 5:06 PM CST (23:06 UTC)
Expired
Nov 7, 1996, 5:45 PM CST
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Harrison County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1996-11-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 993 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 1996-11-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 178 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
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 072307 RRA
TORNEW
MSC047-072345-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
506 PM CST THU NOV 7 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM CST
FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...HARRISON COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
 
 
AT 505 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH
POSSIBLE TORNADO BETWEEN KILN AND BAY ST LOUIS IN HARRISON COUNTY. THE
THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE
COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INLCUDE DELISLE...VIDALIA...AND
LYMAN. THIS STORM PRODUCED A TORNADO IN THE VICINITY OF LAKESHORE IN
HANCOCK COUNTY AROUND 500 PM.
 
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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 7, 12:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPike, Walthall43 min
Nov 7, 4:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHancock42 min
Nov 7, 5:00 PM CSTTornado WarningLIXHancock30 min
Nov 7, 5:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXJackson47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.