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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 288, NWS New Orleans, LA

May 19, 1995Saint Bernard Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 1995, 3:51 AM CDT for Saint Bernard Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 19, 1995, 3:51 AM CDT (08:51 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 1995, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Saint Bernard Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 43 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 1995-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1333 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 1995-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 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
1333 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1092 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.5

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The text

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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 19, 1:21 AM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
120 AM CDT FRI MAY 19 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION...... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION......

0745 PM    BATON ROUGE               LA   URBAN STREET FLOODING
05/18/95   EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH        REPORTED BY P.D.

0755 PM    BATON ROUGE               LA   A NUMBER OF STREET CLOSURES
05/18/95   EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH        DUE TO FLOODING REPORTED
                                          BY DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION.

0812 PM    AROUND PARISH             LA   NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
05/18/95   WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH

0832 PM    BAKER
05/18/95   EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH   LA   POWER LINES DOWN AND ROOF
                                          DAMAGE.

1035 PM    NEAR GREENSBURG           LA   3 FEET OF WATER ON SOME
05/18/95   ST HELENA PARISH               SECONDARY ROADS BY S.O.

1040 PM    HWY 440                   LA   6 INCHES OF WATER ON HWY
05/18/95   TANGIPAHOA PARISH              440 2.5 MILES WEST OF
                                          TANGIPHOA REPORTED BY S.O.

1043 PM    AROUND PARISH             LA   NUMBER OF SECONDARY ROADS
05/18/95   TANGIPAHOA PARISH              WITH WATER COVERING ROAD.

1205 AM    BOGALUSA                  LA   NUMEROUS TREES DOWN REPORTED
05/19/95   WASHINGTON PARISH              BOGALUSA P.D.

1207 AM    CROSSROADS
05/19/95   PEARL RIVER COUNTY        MS   POWER OUT AT CROSSROADS.

0730 PM    BAKER                     LA   POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGED
05/18/95   EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH        ROOFS AND TREES.

110 AM     4 MILES SOUTH OF          MS   POSSIBLE TORNADO DESTROYED SHED
05/19/95   POPLARVILLE                    OVER A TRAILER AND PARTIALLY
           PEARL RIVER COUNTY             DESTROYED ROOF OFF TRAILER.
                                          NO INJURIES REPORTED. REPORTED
                                          BY PEARL RIVER S.O.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXLivingston, Tangipahoa48 min
May 18, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXEast Baton Rouge, Livingston58 min
May 18, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXEast Feliciana, Saint Helena61 min
May 18, 10:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAssumption, Saint James63 min
May 18, 11:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Tammany, Washington56 min
May 18, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXLafourche, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist60 min
May 19, 2:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXOrleans3 hr
May 19, 6:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXJefferson, Plaquemines68 min
May 19, 7:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPlaquemines56 min
May 18, 11:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHancock, Pearl River69 min
May 18, 11:54 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXPearl River25 min
May 19, 12:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHancock, Pearl River63 min
May 19, 1:04 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXPearl River26 min
May 19, 3:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHancock, Harrison2 hr

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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.