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Tornado Warning 7, NWS New Orleans, LA

March 5, 1996Walthall County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 5, 1996, 11:00 PM CST for Walthall County, Mississippi. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report 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: Mar 5, 1996, 11:00 PM CST (05:00 UTC)
Expired: Mar 5, 1996, 11:30 PM CST
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Whole counties

County Walthall County, MS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 5, 11:00 PM CST	Tornado F1	Salem, 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 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 107 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: 1008 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 557 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 192 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 226 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.1
Supercell composite: 5.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KNEW 060502
TORNEW
MSC147-060530-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1100 PM CST TUE MAR 5 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CST
FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...NORTHERN WALTHALL COUNTY
 
AT 1100 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A
POSSIBLE TORNADO OVER NORTHERN WALTHALL COUNTY BETWEEN ENON AND
SARTINVILLE.
 
THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
 
PERSONS IN NORTHERN WALTHALL COUNTY SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A W`ORKBENCH 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 5, 9:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Amite	34 min
Mar 5, 10:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Walthall	35 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.