Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 339, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1995, 4:18 PM CDT for Pointe Coupee Parish, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana; Wilkinson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 1995, 4:18 PM CDT (21:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 1995, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA, Wilkinson County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 2848 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 754 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 11:45 AM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-132100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1145 AM CDT THU JUL 13 1995 ...DANGEROUS LEVELS OF HEAT CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA THIS AFTERNOON... TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 90S THIS AFTERNOON COMBINED WITH HIGH LEVELS OF HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS HEAT INDEX VALUES. HEAT INDICES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 105 AND 110 DEGREES. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON WHICH WILL PROVIDE SOME RELIEF FROM THE OPPRESSIVE CONDITIONS. PEOPLE WORKING OUTDOORS...THOSE LIVING IN PLACES WITH LITTLE VENTILLATION...AND THOSE IN POOR HEALTH SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS AS PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THESE CONDITIONS MAY LEAD TO HEAT EXHAUSTION OR POSSIBLY HEAT STROKE. IF YOU MUST BE OUTDOORS...WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT AND LIGHT COLORED CLOTHING AND STAY OUT OF THE DIRECT SUNLIGHT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. BE SURE TO DRINK PLENTY OF NONALCOHOLIC LIQUIDS TO PREVENT FROM BECOMING DEHYDRATED. TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS INSIDE AIR CONDITIONED PLACES IF POSSIBLE.
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 11:51 AM CDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before
LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-132100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1145 AM CDT THU JUL 13 1995 ...DANGEROUS LEVELS OF HEAT CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA THIS AFTERNOON... TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 90S THIS AFTERNOON COMBINED WITH HIGH LEVELS OF HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS HEAT INDEX VALUES. HEAT INDICES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 105 AND 110 DEGREES. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON WHICH WILL PROVIDE SOME RELIEF FROM THE OPPRESSIVE CONDITIONS. PEOPLE WORKING OUTDOORS...THOSE LIVING IN PLACES WITH LITTLE VENTILLATION...AND THOSE IN POOR HEALTH SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS AS PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THESE CONDITIONS MAY LEAD TO HEAT EXHAUSTION OR POSSIBLY HEAT STROKE. IF YOU MUST BE OUTDOORS...WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT AND LIGHT COLORED CLOTHING AND STAY OUT OF THE DIRECT SUNLIGHT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. BE SURE TO DRINK PLENTY OF NONALCOHOLIC LIQUIDS TO PREVENT FROM BECOMING DEHYDRATED. TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS INSIDE AIR CONDITIONED PLACES IF POSSIBLE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana | 66 min |
| Jul 13, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Livingston, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa | 66 min |
| Jul 13, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Feliciana, West Feliciana | 69 min |
| Jul 13, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite, Wilkinson | 69 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 1995Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 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.