Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 321, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1995, 6:30 PM CDT for Orleans Parish, Saint Bernard Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 1995, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1995, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Orleans Parish, LA, Saint Bernard Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 35 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
- 2394 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1079 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KNEW 092333 RRA SVRNEW LAC071-087-100030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 630 PM CDT SUN JUL 9 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA ...EASTERN ORLEANS PARISH...ST.BERNARD PARISH AT 630 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTEARN ORLEANS PARISH IN NEW ORLEANS EAST. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN 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.
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, Jul 9, 4:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
MSZ081-082-092215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 448 PM CDT SUN JUL 9 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR HARRISON AND JACKSON COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 430 PM... AT 440 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF VERY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MISSISSIPPI SOUND... MOVING SOUTH NEAR 15 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS NO LONGER POSE A THREAT TO LAND...SO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR HARRISON AND JACKSON COUNTIES HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS KNOCKED DOWN TREES AND TORE SIDING OFF A HOUSE IN NORTHERN HARRISON COUNTY AT 350 PM. AT 355 PM...A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS SIGHTED ON HIGHWAY 57 NEAR VAN CLEAVE IN CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY...AND DIME SIZE HAIL OCCURRED IN HARRISON COUNTY AT 415 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A THREAT TO BOATERS IN THE MISSISSIPPI SOUND. & z T\6WWUS2 DY.TTERuS. SOMjAWWUS i( WUUS pe6WWUS y WUUS6 u 6WWUS j@a`WWUS THE 80S. ..POUDYWERD THUN0 4555. .TLOUA CHd6WWUS @"6WWUS \H+ WUUS
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 4:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
MSZ081-082-092215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 448 PM CDT SUN JUL 9 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR HARRISON AND JACKSON COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 430 PM... AT 440 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF VERY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MISSISSIPPI SOUND... MOVING SOUTH NEAR 15 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS NO LONGER POSE A THREAT TO LAND...SO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR HARRISON AND JACKSON COUNTIES HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS KNOCKED DOWN TREES AND TORE SIDING OFF A HOUSE IN NORTHERN HARRISON COUNTY AT 350 PM. AT 355 PM...A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS SIGHTED ON HIGHWAY 57 NEAFR VAN CLEAVE IN CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY...AND DIME SIZE HAIL OCCURRED IN HARRISON COUNTY AT 415 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A THREAT TO BOATERS IN THE MISSISSIPPI SOUND. &
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 68 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.