Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 216, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 1995, 4:29 AM CDT for Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 9, 1995, 4:29 AM CDT (09:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 1995, 5:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Saint Tammany Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 30 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
- 2084 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 597 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.3
- Supercell composite
- 15.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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
Local storm report, May 9, 3:04 AM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
200 AM CDT THU MAY 9 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION...... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION......
0215 PM- BERWICK TO SMITHDALE MS TORNADO ON IMTERMITTENT PATH.
0245 PM AMITE SEVERAL HOUSES DAMAGED.
5/8/95 WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE.
REPORTED BY SHERIFFS OFFICE
0255 PM MC COMB AND SUMMIT MS NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED BY
05/08/95 PIKE BY HIGH WINDS. REPORTED
BY CIVIL DEFENSE.
0300 PM WALKER LA SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES DAMAGED
05/08/95 LIVINGSTON AND NUMEROUS LARGE TREE LIMBS
DOWNED.
0245 PM BATON ROUGE LA TREES DOWNED AND SIDING RIPPED
05/08/95 EAST BATON ROUGE OFF APARTMENT COMPLEX.
0545 PM RACELAND LA TREES LIMBS DOWNED AND
05/08/95 LAFOURCHE POWER LINES.
1033 PM NEW ORLEANS LAKEFRONT LA WIND GUST TO 50 KNOTS.
05/08/95 AIRPORT NEW APPROXIMATELY 7 SMALL
ORLEANS AIRCRAFT OVERTURNED.
ONE HOUR RAINFALL 10PM TO
11PM CDT...4.57 INCHES
1030 PM ARABI LA THUNDERSTORM WIND OR POSSIBLE
5/8/95 ST BERNARD TORNADO HEAVILY DAMAGED A
SMALL BUSINESS AND A PUMPING
STATION.
......... ................ .................
STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AS OF MIDNIGHT....MOST FALLING SINCE 7PM CDT
MOISANT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...12.24 INCHES
NEW ORLEANS AUDUBON PARK...10.94 INCHES
NEW ORLEANS xLAKE FRONT AIRPORT...10.58 INCHES.
SOME STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 15 INCHES.
SEVERE STREET FLOODING IN METRO NEW ORLEANS WITH WATER ENTERING
MANY HOMES.Local storm report, May 9, 3:09 AM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORTS...COR TO DAY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
200 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION...... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION......
0215 PM- BERWICK TO SMITHDALE MS TORNADO ON IMTERMITTENT PATH.
0245 PM AMITE SEVERAL HOUSES DAMAGED.
5/8/95 WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE.
REPORTED BY SHERIFFS OFFICE
0255 PM MC COMB AND SUMMIT MS NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED BY
05/08/95 PIKE BY HIGH WINDS. REPORTED
BY CIVIL DEFENSE.
0300 PM WALKER LA SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES DAMAGED
05/08/95 LIVINGSTON AND NUMEROUS LARGE TREE LIMBS
DOWNED.
0245 PM BATON ROUGE LA TREES DOWNED AND SIDING RIPPED
05/08/95 EAST BATON ROUGE OFF APARTMENT COMPLEX.
0545 PM RACELAND LA TREES LIMBS DOWNED AND
05/08/95 LAFOURCHE POWER LINES.
1033 PM NEW ORLEANS LAKEFRONT LA WIND GUST TO 50 KNOTS.
05/08/95 AIRPORT NEW APPROXIMATELY 7 SMALL
ORLEANS AIRCRAFT OVERTURNED.
ONE HOUR RAINFALL 10PM TO
11PM CDT...4.57 INCHES
1030 PM ARABI LA THUNDERSTORM WIND OR POSSIBLE
5/8/95 ST BERNARD TORNADO HEAVILY DAMAGED A
SMALL BUSINESS AND A PUMPING
STATION.
......... ................ .................
STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AS OF MIDNIGHT....MOST FALLING SINCE 7PM CDT
MOISANT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...12.24 INCHES
NEW ORLEANS AUDUBON PARK...10.94 INCHES
NEW ORLEANS LAKE FRONT AIRPORT...10.58 INCHES.
SOME STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 15 INCHES.
SEVERE STREET FLOODING IN METRO NEW ORLEANS WITH WATER ENTERING
MANY HOMES.The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Lafourche, Saint Charles | 63 min |
| May 8, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Terrebonne | 63 min |
| May 8, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Orleans, Saint Bernard | 61 min |
| May 8, 11:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Lafourche, Terrebonne | 2 hr |
| May 8, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 62 min |
| May 8, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Orleans | 62 min |
| May 8, 11:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Saint Charles | 4 hr |
| May 8, 11:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard | 4 hr |
| May 9, 12:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 69 min |
| May 9, 3:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 4 hr |
| May 9, 7:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 4 hr |
| May 9, 7:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard | 4 hr |
| May 9, 7:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Saint Charles | 4 hr |
| May 9, 10:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 3 hr |
| May 9, 11:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Saint Charles | 4 hr |
| May 9, 11:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Orleans | 4 hr |
| May 9, 12:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock | 48 min |
| May 9, 12:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock | 4 hr |
| May 9, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 60 min |
| May 9, 1:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River | 4 hr |
| May 9, 1:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison | 61 min |
| May 9, 2:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 69 min |
| May 9, 3:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 63 min |
| May 9, 4:34 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 56 min |
| May 9, 5:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison | 58 min |
| May 9, 5:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River | 4 hr |
| May 9, 5:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jackson | 67 min |
| May 9, 6:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison | 68 min |
| May 9, 6:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jackson | 69 min |
| May 9, 7:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 62 min |
| May 9, 9:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 27 min |
| May 9, 9:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 57 min |
| May 9, 9:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River | 4 hr |
| May 9, 9:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Jackson | 4 hr |
| May 9, 10:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 68 min |
| May 9, 11:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 62 min |
| May 9, 12:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 59 min |
| May 9, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison | 69 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.