Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 13, 1995, 3:39 AM CST for Assumption Parish, Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 13, 1995, 3:39 AM CST (09:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 13, 1995, 4:45 AM CST
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Assumption Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 811 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KNEW 130943 RRA SVRNEW LAC007-099-131045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 339 AM CST FRI JAN 13 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 AM CST FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING PARISHESS... IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA ...ASSUMPTION PARISH...LOWER ST.MARTIN PARISH AT 340 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM IBERVILLE PARISH TO WEST OF MORGAN CITY. THE LINE IS MOVING EAST AROUND 45 MILES AN HOUR WILL MOVE ACROSS ASSUMPTION PARISH IN THE NEXT HOUR. 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. A TORNAD>O WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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, Jan 12, 11:53 PM CST, 3 hours 46 minutes before
LAZ024-026-029-033>037-046>050-130700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 1155 PM CST THU JAN 12 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 7 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR ALL EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA... RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS NEAR ALEXANDRIA TO MARKSVILLE AND ALONG THE COAST JUST EAST OF LAKE CHARLES...ELSEWHERE RAIN CONTINUED FROM SHREVEPORT TO DE RIDDER AND JENNINGS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. PEOPLE THROUGHOUT EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPMENT AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF NEEDED.
Special weather statement, Jan 12, 11:55 PM CST, 3 hours 44 minutes before
LAZ024-026-029-033>037-046>050-130700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 1155 PM CST THU JAN 12 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 7 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR ALL EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA... RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS NEAR ALEXANDRIA TO MARKSVILLE AND ALONG THE COAST JUST EAST OF LAKE CHARLES...ELSEWHERE RAIN CONTINUED FROM SHREVEPORT TO DE RIDDER AND JENNINGS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. PEOPLE THROUGHOUT EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPMENT AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF NEEDED.
Special weather statement, Jan 13, 1:05 AM CST, 2 hours 34 minutes before
LAZ024-026-029-033>037-046>050-130900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 105 AM CST FRI JAN 13 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 7 AM CST THIS MORNING FOR ALL EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA... RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF LAKE CHARLES TO DE RIDDER AND NORTHWEST OF EUNICE...ELSEWHERE RAIN CONTINUED FROM SHREVEPORT THROUGH ALEXANDRIA TO SOUTH OF LAKE CHARLES AND LAFAYETTE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. PEOPLE THROUGHOUT EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPMENT AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF NEEDED. THESE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED WINDS ABOVE 80 MPH EARLIER WEST OF LAKE CHARLES.
Special weather statement, Jan 13, 1:07 AM CST, 2 hours 32 minutes before
LAZ024-026-029-033>037-046>050-130900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 105 AM CST FRI JAN 13 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 7 AM CST THIS MORNING FOR ALL EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA... RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF LAKE CHARLES TO DE RIDDER AND NORTHWEST OF EUNICE...ELSEWHERE RAIN CONTINUED FROM SHREVEPORT THROUGH ALEXANDRIA TO SOUTH OF LAKE CHARLES AND LAFAYETTE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. PEOPLE THROUGHOUT EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPMENT AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF NEEDED. THESE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED WINDS ABOVE 80 MPH EARLIER WEST OF LAKE CHARLE<S.
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 1:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Avoyelles, Saint Landry | 63 min |
| Jan 13, 2:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Avoyelles, Saint Landry | 62 min |
| Jan 13, 2:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Martin | 68 min |
| Jan 13, 2:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge | 57 min |
| Jan 13, 3:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | St. Mary | 69 min |
| Jan 13, 4:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint James | 53 min |
| Jan 13, 4:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint John the Baptist | 43 min |
| Jan 13, 5:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Plaquemines | 55 min |
| Jan 13, 5:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Lafourche | 55 min |
| Jan 13, 5:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa | 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.