Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 1, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Jan 18, 1995, 3:02 PM CST for East Baton Rouge Parish, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 28 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 18, 1995, 3:02 PM CST (21:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 18, 1995, 3:30 PM CST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 689 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 322 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBTR 182103 TORBTR LAC033-121-182130- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 302 PM CST WED JAN 18 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BATON ROUGE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA ...EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH...EASTERN WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH AT 300 PM CST...A TORNDAO WAS REPORTED NEAR BRUSLY IN WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH. THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THIS TORNADO IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING INTO EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBEfNCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Jan 18, 11:19 AM CST, 3 hours 43 minutes before
LAZ034>037-046>050-181800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 1110 AM CST WED JAN 18 1995 ...SHOWERS BUILDING ALONG A LINE SOUTHWEST OF BATON ROUGE... AT 1100 AM CST...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS BUILDING FROM LAFAYETTE SOUTH TO THE GULF COAST. MOVEMENT IS NORTHEAST AT NEAR 40 MILES AN HOUR AND THEY WILL BE MOVING INTO THE BATON ROUGE AREA DURING SHORTLY AFTER NOON. THESE SHOWERS ARE STILL LIGHT BUT COULD BUILD RAPIDLY. PERSONS IN THE BATON ROUGE ARE SHOULD BEGIN PREPARING FOR SOME RAIN AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.
Special weather statement, Jan 18, 12:28 PM CST, 2 hours 34 minutes before
LAZ024-026-029-033>037-046>050-182000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 1228 PM CST WED JAN 18 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IO EFFECT FOR WESTERN PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA... AT 1225 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BUILDING FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE BATON ROUGE METRO AREA TO BETWEEN PLAQUEMINE AND NEW IBERIA LOUISIANA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT NEAR 40 MPH. HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS INDICATED EAST OF LAFAYETTE TO JUST SOUTHWEST OF BATON ROUGE. PEOPLE SHOULD BEGIN PREPARING FOR SOME RAIN AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.
Special weather statement, Jan 18, 12:29 PM CST, 2 hours 33 minutes before
LAZ024-026-029-033>037-046>050-182000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 1228 PM CST WED JAN 18 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IO EFFECT FOR WESTERN PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA... AT 1225 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BUILDING FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE BATON ROUGE METRO AREA TO BETWEEN PLAQUEMINE AND NEW IBERIA LOUISIANA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARDS THE NORTHEzAST AT NEAR 40 MPH. HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS INDICATED EAST OF LAFAYETTE TO JUST SOUTHWEST OF BATON ROUGE. PEOPLE SHOULD BEGIN PREPARING FOR SOME RAIN AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.
Special weather statement, Jan 18, 12:31 PM CST, 2 hours 31 minutes before
LAZ024-026-029-033>037-046>050-182000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TO INCLUDE TORNADO WATCH TIME. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 1231 PM CST WED JAN 18 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA UNTIL 400 PM CST.. AT 1225 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BUILDING FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE BATON ROUGE METRO AREA TO BETWEEN PLAQUEMINE AND NEW IBERIA LOUISIANA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT NEAR 40 MPH. HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS INDICATED EAST OF LAFAYETTE TO JUST SOUTHWEST OF BATON ROUGE. PEOPLE SHOULD BEGIN PREPARING FOR SOME RAIN AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.
Special weather statement, Jan 18, 1:27 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
LAZ024-026-029-033>037-046>050-182100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 127 PM CST WED JAN 18 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN LOUISIANA UNTIL 800 PM CST... AT 123 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BUILDING FROM JUST WEST OF CLINTON SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE BATON ROUGE METRO AREA TO JUST NORTH OF PLAQUEMINE LOUISIANA. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED SOUTH OF THIS AREA FROM SOUTH OF PLAQUEMINE TO NEAR MORGAN CITY AND PATTERSON LOUISIANA. THIS AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT NEAR 35 MPH. ELSEWHERE...A NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST LINE OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED FROM WINNSBORO TO NEAR ALEXANDRIA SOUTHWEST TO JUST WEST OF OAKDALE TO NEAR THE LAKE CHARLES AREA. MOVEMENT OF THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT NEAR 50 MPH. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO EFFECT EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA TODAY AND TONIGHT BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. KEEP ALERT TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jan 18, 1:30 PM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes before
LAZ024-026-029-033>037-046>050-182100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 127 PM CST WED JAN 18 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN LOUISIANA UNTIL 800 PM CST... AT 123 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BUILDING FROM JUST WEST OF CLINTON SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE BATON ROUGE METRO AREA TO JUST NORTH OF PLAQUEMINE LOUISIANA. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED SOUTH OF THIS AREA FROM SOUTH OF PLAQUEMINE TO NEAR MORGAN CITY AND PATTERSON LOUISIANA. THIS AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT NEAR 35 MPH. ELSEWHERE...A NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST LINE OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED FROM WINNSBORO TO NEAR ALEXANDRIA SOUTHWEST TO JUST WEST OF OAKDALE TO NEAR THE LAKE CHARLES AREA. MOVEMENT OF THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT NEAR 50 MPH. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO EFFECT EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA TODAY AND TONIGHT BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. KEEP ALERT TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 2:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, West Baton Rouge | 68 min |
| Jan 18, 2:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Iberville | 68 min |
| Jan 18, 2:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Assumption, Saint Martin, St. Mary | 58 min |
| Jan 18, 2:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Catahoula | 66 min |
| Jan 18, 3:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Saint Helena | 59 min |
| Jan 18, 3:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa | 64 min |
| Jan 18, 4:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Livingston | 67 min |
| Jan 18, 4:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa | 36 min |
| Jan 18, 4:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge | 66 min |
| Jan 18, 4:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Feliciana | 57 min |
| Jan 18, 4:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge | 67 min |
| Jan 18, 5:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | West Baton Rouge | 67 min |
| Jan 18, 5:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | West Baton Rouge | 55 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.