Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 1995, 10:18 AM CST for East Baton Rouge Parish, Iberville Parish, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 1995, 10:18 AM CST (16:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 1995, 11:15 AM CST
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, Iberville Parish, LA, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 1340 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 602 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 297 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 360 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 11.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBTR 071618 RRA SVRBTR LAC005-033-047-063-091-121-071715- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 1018 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BATON ROUGE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA ...ASCENSION PARISH...EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH ...IBERVILLE PARISH...LIVINGSTON PARISH...ST.HELENA PARISH ...WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH A 15 MILE WIDE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED FROM 10 MILES LIVERPOOL ACROSS GREENSBURG AND LIVINGSTON TO 5 MILES NORTH OF DONALDSONVILLE. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 4:47 AM CST, 5 hours 31 minutes before
LAZ024-026-029-033>037-046>050-071200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 445 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR AVOYELLES...CATAHOULA...CONCORDIA...POINTE COUPEE... ST LANDRY...EAST AND WEST BATON ROUGE...ST. HELENA...LIVINGSTON AND EAST AND WEST FELICIANA PARISHES IN EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY... THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAD DECREASED SOMEWHAT ACROSS EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA. HOWEVER...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED FROM NEAR NEW IBERIA TO PLAQUEMINE AND FROM NEAR CLINTON LOUISIANA NORTHEAST TO NEAR BROOKHAVEN MISSISSIPPI. THE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED MOVING OFF TO THE NORTHEAST AT NEAR 35 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECASTED TO REDEVELOP AND CONTINUE TO PLAGUE ALL OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA LATER THIS MORNING AND FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY TODAY. STAY TUNNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS ONGOING AND DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 6:08 AM CST, 4 hours 10 minutes before
LAZ024-026-029-033>037-046>050-071330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 610 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR AVOYELLES...CATAHOULA...CONCORDIA...POINTE COUPEE... ST LANDRY...EAST AND WEST BATON ROUGE...ST. HELENA...LIVINGSTON AND EAST AND WEST FELICIANA PARISHES IN EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY... AS OF 600 AM CST...NO PRECIPITATION WAS INDICATED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA. LIGHT RAIN WAS ONGOING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA FROM COLUMBIA TO NEAR NATCHIOTCHES. A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS JUST BEGINNING TO ENTER THE WESTERN MOST PARISHES OF THE STATE. THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDER- STORMS HAS THE HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...ALONG WITH DEADLY LIGHTNING AND LARGE HAIL ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS EARLIER THIS MORNING. THIS LINE EXTENDED FROM NEAR THE PORT ARTHUR TEXAS AREA NORTH NORTHEAST TO NEAR SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA. THIS LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT NEAR 50 MPH. STAY TUNNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADI^O FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS ONGOING AND DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 6:10 AM CST, 4 hours 8 minutes before
LAZ024-026-029-033>037-046>050-071330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 610 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR AVOYELLES...CATAHOULA...CONCORDIA...POINTE COUPEE... ST LANDRY...EAST AND WEST BATON ROUGE...ST. HELENA...LIVINGSTON AND EAST AND WEST FELICIANA PARISHES IN EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY... AS OF 600 AM CST...NO PRECIPITATION WAS INDICATED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA. LIGHT RAIN WAS ONGOING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA FROM COLUMBIA TO NEAR NATCHIOTCHES. A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS JUST BEGINNING TO ENTER THE WESTERN MOST PARISHES OF THE STATE. THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDER- STORMS HAS THE HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...ALONG WITH DEADLY LIGHTNING AND LARGE HAIL ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS EARLIER THIS MORNING. THIS LINE EXTENDED FROM NEAR THE PORT ARTHUR TEXAS AREA NORTH NORTHEAST TO NEAR SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA. THIS LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT NEAR 50 MPH. STAY TUNNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS ONGOING AND DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Local storm report, Mar 7, 9:12 AM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
STORM REPORT....CORRECTED ISSUE TIME.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA
912 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995
TIME/CST PARISH/LOCATION REPORT
320 AM CONCORDIA LA SHERIFF REPORTED TREES/POWER LINES DOWN WITH
ROOF OFF TRAILER NEAR LA129 SOUTH MONTERAY.
321 AM CONCORDIA LA SHERIFF REPORTED TREES DOWN NEAR STACY AT
318 AM CST HIGHWAY 184.
322 AM CONCORDIA LA SHERIFF REPORTED POWER LINES DOWN NEAR
DEER PARK AT 318 AM CST.
820 AM CATAHOULA LA SHERIFF REPORTED TORNADOS ON THE GROUND 10
WEST AND 10 SOUTH OF JONESVILLE.
853 AM POINTE COUPEE LA SHERIFF REPORTED TRAILER HOME ROOF
BLOWN OFF AT HWY 417 IN BATCHELOR.
900 AM WEST BATON ROUGE LA DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED AT IRWINVILLE
BY SHERIFF.Local storm report, Mar 7, 9:12 AM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA
335 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995
TIME/CST PARISH/LOCATION REPORT
320 AM CONCORDIA LA SHERIFF REPORTED TREES/POWER LINES DOWN WITH
ROOF OFF TRAILER NEAR LA129 SOUTH MONTERAY.
321 AM CONCORDIA LA SHERIFF REPORTED TREES DOWN NEAR STACY AT
318 AM CST HIGHWAY 184.
322 AM CONCORDIA LA SHERIFF REPORTED POWER LINES DOWN NEAR
DEER PARK AT 318 AM CST.
820 AM CATAHOULA LA SHERIFF REPORTED TORNADOS ON THE GROUND 10
WEST AND 10 SOUTH OF JONESVILLE.
853 AM POINTE COUPEE LA SHERIFF RE6PORTED TRAILER HOME ROOF
BLOWN OFF AT HWY 417 IN BATCHELOR.
900 AM WEST BATON ROUGE LA DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED AT IRWINVILLE
BY SHERIFF.Local storm report, Mar 7, 9:13 AM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
STORM REPORT....CORRECTED ISSUE TIME.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA
912 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995
TIME/CST PARISH/LOCATION REPORT
320 AM CONCORDIA LA SHERIFF REPORTED TREES/POWER LINES DOWN WITH
ROOF OFF TRAILER NEAR LA129 SOUTH MONTERAY.
321 AM CONCORDIA LA SHERIFF REPORTED TREES DOWN NEAR STACY AT
318 AM CST HIGHWAY 184.
322 AM CONCORDIA LA SHERIFF REPORTED POWER LINES DOWN NEAR
DEER PARK AT 318 AM CST.
820 AM CATAHOULA LA SHERIFF REPORTED TORNADOS ON THE GROUND 10
WEST AND 10 SOUTH OF JONESVILLE.
853 AM POINT>E COUPEE LA SHERIFF REPORTED TRAILER HOME ROOF
BLOWN OFF AT HWY 417 IN BATCHELOR.
900 AM WEST BATON ROUGE LA DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED AT IRWINVILLE
BY SHERIFF.The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 6:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Washington | 44 min |
| Mar 6, 6:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Landry | 55 min |
| Mar 7, 2:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Concordia | 65 min |
| Mar 7, 7:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Avoyelles, Saint Landry | 61 min |
| Mar 7, 7:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Catahoula | 61 min |
| Mar 7, 8:25 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Catahoula | 65 min |
| Mar 7, 8:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge | 61 min |
| Mar 7, 8:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | West Feliciana | 61 min |
| Mar 7, 8:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Feliciana | 69 min |
| Mar 7, 9:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, West Feliciana | 61 min |
| Mar 7, 9:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, Iberville | 61 min |
| Mar 7, 9:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Ascension, Livingston | 57 min |
| Mar 7, 9:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Helena | 57 min |
| Mar 7, 10:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Ascension, Livingston, Saint Helena | 57 min |
| Mar 7, 10:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa | 67 min |
| Mar 7, 10:24 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Ascension, Livingston | 66 min |
| Mar 7, 10:24 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Iberville | 66 min |
| Mar 7, 10:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Washington | 68 min |
| Mar 7, 10:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Assumption, Lafourche, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist | 58 min |
| Mar 7, 10:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Charles | 58 min |
| Mar 7, 11:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Terrebonne | 60 min |
| Mar 7, 11:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Ascension, Livingston | 65 min |
| Mar 7, 11:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Iberville | 65 min |
| Mar 7, 11:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard | 64 min |
| Mar 7, 11:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jefferson | 64 min |
| Mar 7, 11:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Washington | 58 min |
| Mar 7, 11:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Lafourche, Saint Charles | 63 min |
| Mar 7, 12:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Terrebonne | 32 min |
| Mar 7, 12:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Plaquemines, Saint Bernard | 63 min |
| Mar 7, 12:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jefferson | 63 min |
| Mar 7, 1:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Plaquemines | 59 min |
| Mar 7, 3:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Plaquemines | 65 min |
| Mar 7, 4:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Plaquemines | 49 min |
| Mar 7, 5:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Plaquemines | 63 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.