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Tornado Warning 25, NWS New Orleans, LA

November 24, 1996Amite County, Pike County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Nov 24, 1996, 4:33 PM CST for Amite County, Pike County, Mississippi. It was in force for 42 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 24, 1996, 4:33 PM CST (22:33 UTC)
Expired
Nov 24, 1996, 5:15 PM CST
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Amite County, MS, Pike County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 1996-11-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1996-11-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
777 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 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 242234 RRA
TORNEW
MSC005-113-242315-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
433 PM CST SUN NOV 24 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM CST
FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...EASTERN AMITE COUNTY...WESTERN PIKE COUNTY
 
AT 425 PM CST...A TANGIPAHOA PARISH CITIZEN REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCHED
DOWN NEAR KEN:TWOOD LOUISIANA AND PRODUCED SOME MINOR DAMAGE TO HIS HOME
AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.
 
THE STORM PRODUCING THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH AND WILL BE
APPROACHING THE OSYKA AREA BEFORE 445 PM CST.
 
 
 
&

The office that day

Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 24, 5:38 PM CSTTornado WarningLIXWilkinson37 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.