Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 9, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 18, 1996, 2:27 PM CST for Walthall County, Mississippi. It was in force for 33 min. 2 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
- Mar 18, 1996, 2:27 PM CST (20:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 1996, 3:00 PM CST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Walthall County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 2:28 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Sartinsville, MS | |
| Mar 18, 2:28 PM CST | Hail 1.5 | Sartinsville, 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, 8.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1309 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KNEW 182029 TORNEW MSC147-182100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 227 PM CST MON MAR 18 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM CST FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI ...NORTHERN WALTHALL COUNTY AT 230 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN NORTHERN WALTHALL COUNTY BETWEEN SARTINVILLE AND ENON. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE SARTINVILLE...ENON AND DARBUN. 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.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 18, 2:18 PM CST, 9 minutes before
ARZ073-LAZ045-053-182100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 215 PM CST MON MAR 18 1996 ...TORNADO WATCH CLEARED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... THE TORNADO WATCH THAT WAS ISSUED EARLIER FOR UPPER ST. MARTIN AND IBERIA PARISHES HAS BEEN CLEARED. A COLD FRONT HAS MOVE THROUGH THESE AREAS BRINGING AN END TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. 03
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 7:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 62 min |
| Mar 17, 8:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite, Wilkinson | 70 min |
| Mar 17, 9:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite | 63 min |
| Mar 17, 10:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pike | 55 min |
| Mar 18, 12:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pike, Walthall | 55 min |
| Mar 18, 1:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 50 min |
| Mar 18, 2:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock | 41 min |
| Mar 18, 2:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison | 31 min |
| Mar 18, 2:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jackson | 55 min |
| Mar 18, 2:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jackson | 40 min |
| Mar 18, 3:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jackson | 16 min |
| Mar 18, 1:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike | 40 min |
| Mar 18, 2:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Walthall | 43 min |
| Mar 18, 2:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pike | 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.