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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 396, NWS New Orleans, LA

November 2, 1995Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 2, 1995, 6:58 AM CST for Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Nov 2, 1995, 6:58 AM CST (12:58 UTC)
Expired
Nov 2, 1995, 8:00 AM CST
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Tangipahoa Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 80 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 12:00Z on 1995-11-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2004 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 12:00Z on 1995-11-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 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
2004 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
513 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
4.9

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 2, 3:55 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXPointe Coupee, West Feliciana65 min
Nov 2, 5:03 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXEast Feliciana42 min
Nov 2, 5:27 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXEast Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge63 min
Nov 2, 5:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXLivingston, Saint Helena52 min
Nov 2, 6:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXTangipahoa59 min
Nov 2, 6:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWashington62 min
Nov 2, 11:00 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXSaint Tammany30 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.