Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 28, 1995, 12:57 AM CST for Saint Tammany Parish, Tangipahoa Parish, Washington Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 28, 1995, 12:57 AM CST (06:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 28, 1995, 2:00 AM CST
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Saint Tammany Parish, LA, Tangipahoa Parish, LA, Washington Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 59 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
- 81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -157 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 620 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KNEW 280700 RRA SVRNEW LAC103-105-117-280800- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1257 AM CST SAT JAN 28 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 AM CST FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING PARISHESS... IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA ...NORTHEASTERN ST.TAMMANY PARISH...EASTERN TANGIPAHOA PARISH ...WASHINGTON PARISH AT 12:45 AM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTH CENTRAL TANGIPAHOA PARISH MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. TANGIPAHOA PARISH SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED SMALL HAIL WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVED THROUGH THE HAMMOND AREA. THIS STORM IS MOVING TOWARD FRANKLINTON. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 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, Jan 27, 7:54 PM CST, 5 hours 3 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA
755 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995
TIME/CST PARISH/LOCATION REPORT
657 PM CONCORDIA LA S.O. REPORTED PEA/MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN THE
VIDALIA AREA.Local storm report, Jan 27, 7:55 PM CST, 5 hours 2 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA
755 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995
TIME/CST PARISH/LOCATION REPORT
657 PM CONCORDIA LA S.O. REPORTED PEA/MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN THE
VIDALIA AREA.Special weather statement, Jan 27, 8:58 PM CST, 3 hours 59 minutes before
LAZ024-026-029-033>037-046>050-280400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 9 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995 ...TORNADO WATCHES IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR ALL EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA... AT 855 PM CST RADAR SHOWED A FEW SHOWERS BETWEEN ALEXANDRIA AND VIDALIA AND NEAR NEW ORLEANS. PEOPLE THROUGHOUT EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LASTEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 9:00 PM CST, 3 hours 57 minutes before
LAZ024-026-029-033>037-046>050-280400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 9 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995 ...TORNADO WATCHES IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR ALL EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA... AT 855 PM CST RADAR SHOWED A FEW SHOWERS BETWEEN ALEXANDRIA AND VIDALIA AND NEAR NEW ORLEANS. PEOPLE THROUGHOUT EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LASTEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 10:20 PM CST, 2 hours 37 minutes before
LAZ024-026-029-033>037-046>050-280520- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 1020 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST... AT 1010 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BATON ROUGE. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PEOPLE IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH CAN EXPECT THIS THUNDERSTORM DURING THE NEXT HOUR WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. ELSEWHERE...A RAIN SHOWER WAS DEVELOPING 7 MILES NORTH WEST OF PLAQUEMINE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI WITH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF MCCOMB. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 10:30 PM CST, 2 hours 27 minutes before
LAZ024-026-029-033>037-046>050-280530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 1030 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 1010 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BATON ROUGE. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PEOPLE IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH CAN EXPECT THIS THUNDERSTORM DURING THE NEXT HOUR WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. ELSEWHERE...A RAIN SHOWER WAS DEVELOPING 7 MILES NORTH WEST OF PLAQUEMINE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI WITH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF MCCOMB. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY. BARRING ANY FURTHER DEVELOPMENT...THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 6:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Concordia | 68 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.