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Tornado Warning 13, NWS New Orleans, LA

April 11, 1995East Feliciana Parish, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana; Wilkinson County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 11, 1995, 2:56 AM CDT for East Feliciana Parish, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana; Wilkinson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 11, 1995, 2:56 AM CDT (07:56 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 1995, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties East Feliciana Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA, Wilkinson County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 00:00Z on 1995-04-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 115 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 1995-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
115 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-275 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1123 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KNEW 110801
TORNEW
LAC037-125-MSC005-157-110900-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
256 AM CDT TUE APR 11 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 AM CDT
FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
 
   ...EAST FELICIANA PARISH
   ...EASTERN WEST FELICIANA PARISH
 
 
IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...AMITE COUNTY...EASTERN WILKINSON COUNTY
 
AT 3:47 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A 20 MILE
WIDE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE LEADING EDGE EXTENDING
FROM NEAR ROSETTA MISSISSIPPI TO NEAR ST. FRANCISVILLE LOUISIANA.
THIS LINE IS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 30 MILE PER HOUR.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF A TORNADO MOVE TO SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE
...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID
WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAscension, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist45 min
Apr 10, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXTangipahoa45 min
Apr 10, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXJefferson, Lafourche, Saint Charles53 min
Apr 10, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXOrleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard51 min
Apr 10, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Tammany44 min
Apr 10, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Landry60 min
Apr 11, 12:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAvoyelles60 min
Apr 11, 2:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPointe Coupee, West Feliciana66 min
Apr 11, 4:01 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXEast Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, West Baton Rouge59 min
Apr 11, 4:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXEast Baton Rouge, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge4 hr
Apr 11, 4:24 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXLivingston, Saint Helena66 min
Apr 11, 4:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXEast Feliciana4 hr
Apr 11, 4:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXEast Baton Rouge, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge4 hr
Apr 11, 4:46 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXTangipahoa59 min
Apr 11, 5:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWashington65 min
Apr 11, 5:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Tammany65 min
Apr 11, 5:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXEast Feliciana2 hr
Apr 11, 5:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXLivingston, Tangipahoa56 min
Apr 11, 5:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXLivingston, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa4 hr
Apr 11, 6:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Tammany, Tangipahoa66 min
Apr 11, 6:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Tammany59 min
Apr 11, 7:04 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXAscension3 hr
Apr 11, 7:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXAscension2 hr
Apr 11, 8:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXSaint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington2 hr
Apr 11, 8:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXEast Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge4 hr
Apr 11, 8:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXEast Baton Rouge4 hr
Apr 11, 10:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXOrleans, Saint Bernard, Saint Tammany117 min
Apr 10, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHarrison, Jackson62 min
Apr 11, 2:56 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXAmite64 min
Apr 11, 4:01 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXAmite, Pike59 min
Apr 11, 4:46 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXPike, Walthall59 min
Apr 11, 5:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXPike4 hr
Apr 11, 8:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXAmite4 hr
Apr 11, 10:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXHancock, Harrison3 hr
Apr 11, 10:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXJackson3 hr

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.