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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS New Orleans, LA

February 17, 1995Avoyelles Parish, Concordia Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 17, 1995, 5:14 AM CST for Avoyelles Parish, Concordia Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 17, 1995, 5:14 AM CST (11:14 UTC)
Expired
Feb 17, 1995, 6:15 AM CST
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Avoyelles Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 1995-02-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 289 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 1995-02-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 138 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
289 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-148 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
560 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 17, 5:01 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXOrleans, Saint Bernard59 min
Feb 17, 1:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXLafourche, Terrebonne57 min
Feb 17, 1:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Charles57 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.