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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS New Orleans, LA

February 17, 1995Orleans Parish, Saint Bernard Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 17, 1995, 5:01 AM CST for Orleans Parish, Saint Bernard Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 17, 1995, 5:01 AM CST (11:01 UTC)
Expired
Feb 17, 1995, 6:00 AM CST
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Orleans Parish, LA, Saint Bernard Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 262 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1995-02-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1995-02-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
483 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 17, 5:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAvoyelles, Concordia61 min
Feb 17, 1:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXLafourche, Terrebonne57 min
Feb 17, 1:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Charles57 min

Nearby

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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.