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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 331, NWS New Orleans, LA

July 10, 1995Livingston Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 1995, 7:36 PM CDT for Livingston Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 10, 1995, 7:36 PM CDT (00:36 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 1995, 8:20 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Livingston Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 1995-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1629 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 1995-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 96 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1629 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1225 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
7.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KNEW 110038 RRA
SVRNEW
LAC063-110130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
736 PM CDT MON JUL 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM CDT
FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
 
   ...LIVINGSTON PARISH
 
AT 735 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED TO BE ENTERING
LIVINGSTON PARISH FROM THE HAMMOND AREA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING WEST AT
15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE NEAR ALBANY BY 745 PM AND NEAR HOLDEN
BEFORE 8 PM. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS
PARTICULAR STORM.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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, Jul 10, 5:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
459 PM CDT MON JUL  10 1995

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

0350 PM    CARRIERE                  MS   WIND DAMAGE
07/10/95   PEARL RIVER                    SEVERAL TREES DOWN.
                                          REPORTED BY PEARL RIVER
                                          S.O. VIA NAWAS.

0410 PM    NEAR CARRIERE             MS   WIND DAMAGE
07/10/95   PEARL RIVER                    SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN
                                          ALONG HWY 11S.  REPORTED
                                          BY S.O.

0415 PM    PICAYUNE                  MS   WIND DAMAGE
07/10/95   PEARL RIVER                    TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWNED. REPORTED BY
                                          PICAYUNE P.D.

0415 PM    PICAYUNE                  MS   1.75 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
07/10/95   PEARL RIVER                    REPORTED BY WRJW RADIO.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXTangipahoa30 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.