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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS New Orleans, LA

March 15, 1995Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 1995, 11:55 PM CST for Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 15, 1995, 11:55 PM CST (05:55 UTC)
Expired
Mar 16, 1995, 1:00 AM CST
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Terrebonne Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 00:00Z on 1995-03-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 34 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 00:00Z on 1995-03-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
34 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1300 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 15, 10:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXTerrebonne49 min
Mar 15, 11:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXLafourche, Terrebonne55 min
Mar 16, 12:11 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAssumption, St. Mary64 min
Mar 16, 12:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXLafourche, Terrebonne62 min
Mar 16, 1:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAssumption, Saint James61 min
Mar 16, 1:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXEast Feliciana59 min
Mar 16, 1:36 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAscension69 min
Mar 16, 1:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXJefferson69 min
Mar 16, 2:38 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPlaquemines67 min
Mar 16, 2:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAssumption67 min
Mar 16, 3:11 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Bernard64 min
Mar 16, 3:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXLivingston, Saint Helena63 min
Mar 16, 4:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint John the Baptist66 min
Mar 16, 5:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXTangipahoa61 min
Mar 16, 5:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXOrleans60 min

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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.