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Tornado Warning 5, NWS New Orleans, LA

February 19, 1996Pearl River County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Feb 19, 1996, 2:15 PM CST for Pearl River County, Mississippi. It was in force for 30 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
Feb 19, 1996, 2:15 PM CST (20:15 UTC)
Expired
Feb 19, 1996, 2:45 PM CST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Pearl River County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 59 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 1996-02-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 24 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 1996-02-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 218 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
24 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
748 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
218 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
259 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 192018
TORNEW
MSC109-192045-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
215 PM CST MON FEB 19 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  245 PM CST
FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...PEARL RIVER COUNTY
 
AT 218 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO LOCATED NEAR MCNEIL MISSISSIPPI
MIDWAY BETWEEN PICAYUNE AND POPLARVILLE. THIS STORM IS MOVING TOWARD THE
EAST-NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 19, 1:04 PM CSTTornado WarningLIXPearl River56 min
Feb 19, 3:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHancock42 min
Feb 19, 3:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHancock, Harrison62 min
Feb 19, 4:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAmite, Pike57 min
Feb 19, 4:54 PM CSTTornado WarningLIXAmite, Pike66 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.