Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 14, 1995, 3:36 PM CST for Saint Helena Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 69 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 14, 1995, 3:36 PM CST (21:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 14, 1995, 4:45 PM CST
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Saint Helena Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 825 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KBTR 142136 RRA SVRBTR LAC091-142245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 336 PM CST TUE MAR 14 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BATON ROUGE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA ...ST.HELENA PARISH WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN BATON ROUGE INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS EAST FELICIANA...ST. HELENA PARISH LINE TOWARD GREENSBURG...DARLINGTON...LIVERPOOL AND CHIBOLA. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. MOVEMENT IS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THE PATHS OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE COVER AT THIS TIME. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 14, 1:29 PM CST, 2 hours 7 minutes before
LAZ024-026-029-033>037-046>050-142055- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 130 PM CST TUE MAR 14 1995 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TODAY... ...FLOOD WARNING FOR THE AMITE RIVER AT DENHAM SPRINGS AND BAYOU MANCHAC FOR THE COMITE RIVER AT JOOR ROAD AND TICKFAW RIVER AT LIVERPOOL... AT 125 PM CST RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS FORMING NEAR NEW IBERIA TO MORGAN CITY NORTH THROUGH BRUSLY INTO MISSISSIPPI NEAR CENTERVILLE. RAIN CONTINUED SOUTH OF TALLULAH TO BETWEEN SIMMESPORT AND LIBERTY MISSISSIPPI TO MORGAN CITY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH WITH THE LARGE RAIN AREA MOVING SLOWLY EAST. PEOPLE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA SHOULD REMAIN ALERTj TODAY FOR FLOOD PRODUCING RAINFALL WITH SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOPE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATEST STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 14, 1:30 PM CST, 2 hours 6 minutes before
LAZ024-026-029-033>037-046>050-142055- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 130 PM CST TUE MAR 14 1995 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TODAY... ...FLOOD WARNING FOR THE AMITE RIVER AT DENHAM SPRINGS AND BAYOU MANCHAC FOR THE COMITE RIVER AT JOOR ROAD AND TICKFAW RIVER AT LIVERPOOL... AT 125 PM CST RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS FORMING NEAR NEW IBERIA TO MORGAN CITY NORTH THROUGH BRUSLY INTO MISSISSIPPI NEAR CENTERVILLE. RAIN CONTINUED SOUTH OF TALLULAH TO BETWEEN SIMMESPORT AND LIBERTY MISSISSIPPI TO MORGAN CITY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH WITH THE LARGE RAIN AREA MOVING SLOWLY EAST. PEOPLE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TODAY FOR FLOOD PRODUCING RAINFALL WITH SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOPE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATEST STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 14, 2:05 PM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
LAZ024-026-029-033>037-046>050-142055- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 205 PM CST TUE MAR 14 1995 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TODAY... ...FLOOD WARNING FOR THE AMITE RIVER AT DENHAM SPRINGS AND BAYOU MANCHAC FOR THE COMITE RIVER AT JOOR ROAD AND TICKFAW RIVER AT LIVERPOOL... AT 205 PM CST RADAR SHOWED RAPIDLY DEVELOPING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS JUST SOUTHWEST OF BAYOU PIGEON IN SOUTHERN IBERVILLE PARISH. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE FORMING THROUGH BRUSLY TO ETHEL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE STRONG WIND GUSTS...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STREET FLOODING...SOME HAIL POSSIBLE. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATEST STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 14, 2:08 PM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
LAZ024-026-029-033>037-046>050-142055- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 205 PM CST TUE MAR 14 1995 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TODAY... ...FLOOD WARNING FOR THE AMITE RIVER AT DENHAM SPRINGS AND BAYOU MANCHAC FOR THE COMITE RIVER AT JOOR ROAD AND TICKFAW RIVER AT LIVERPOOL... AT 205 PM CST RADAR SHOWED RAPIDLY DEVELOPING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS JUST SOUTHWEST OF BAYOU PIGEON IN SOUTHERN IBERVILLE PARISH. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE FORMING THROUGH BRUSLY TO ETHEL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE STRONG WIND GUSTS...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STREET FLOODING...SOME HAIL POSSIBLE. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATEST STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 14, 2:55 PM CST, 41 minutes before
LAZ034>037-046>050-142305- BATON ROUGE METROPOLITAN AREA FORECAST...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 255 PM CST TUE MAR 14 1995 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON... ...FLOOD WARNING FOR THE AMITE RIVER AT DENHAM SPRINGS AND BAYOU MANCHAC FOR THE COMITE RIVER AT JOOR ROAD AND THE TICKFAW RIVER AT LIVERPOOL... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM CST FOR ALL EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA EXCEPT ASCENSION...LIVINGSTON AND ST HELENA PARISHES... .THIS AFTERNOON...A 90 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE WITH HEAVY RAINFALL. HIGH 60 TO 65. WIND SOUTHEAST 15 MPH. .TONIGHT...A 70 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE WITH HEAVY RAINFALL. LOW IN THE UPPER 50S. WIND EAST 10 TO 15 MPH. .WEDNESDAY...A 70 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGH IN THE UPPER 60S. EAST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH.
Special weather statement, Mar 14, 2:59 PM CST, 37 minutes before
LAZ034>037-046>050-142305- BATON ROUGE METROPOLITAN AREA FORECAST...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 255 PM CST TUE MAR 14 1995 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON... ...FLOOD WARNING FOR THE AMITE RIVER AT DENHAM SPRINGS AND BAYOU MANCHAC FOR THE COMITE RIVER AT JOOR ROAD AND THE TICKFAW RIVER AT LIVERPOOL... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM CST FOR ALL EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA EXCEPT ASCENSION...LIVINGSTON AND ST HELENA PARISHES... .THIS AFTERNOON...A 90 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE WITH HEAVY RAINFALL. HIGH 60 TO 65. WIND SOUTHEAST 15 MPH. .TONIGHT...A 70 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE WITH HEAVY RAINFALL. LOW IN THE UPPER 50S. WIND EAST 10 TO 15 MPH. .WEDNESDAY...A 70 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGH IN THE UPPER 60S. EAST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 10:33 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Avoyelles, Pointe Coupee, Saint Landry | 3 hr |
| Mar 14, 2:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Feliciana | 61 min |
| Mar 14, 3:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Assumption | 44 min |
| Mar 14, 3:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Iberville | 56 min |
| Mar 14, 3:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Lafourche, Saint James | 61 min |
| Mar 14, 4:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Lafourche, Saint James | 62 min |
| Mar 14, 4:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa | 57 min |
| Mar 14, 5:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Helena | 64 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.