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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS New Orleans, LA

March 6, 19954 parishes in Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 6, 1995, 9:50 AM CST for 4 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 6, 1995, 9:50 AM CST (15:50 UTC)
Expired
Mar 6, 1995, 10:45 AM CST
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties East Feliciana Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 1995-03-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 535 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 1995-03-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
535 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
646 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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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
Mar 6, 1:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint James, Saint John the Baptist65 min
Mar 6, 2:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXLivingston58 min
Mar 6, 2:21 PM CSTTornado WarningLIXSaint John the Baptist39 min
Mar 6, 2:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXTangipahoa58 min
Mar 6, 2:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Tammany56 min
Mar 6, 3:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Tammany, Tangipahoa60 min
Mar 6, 4:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Tammany58 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.