Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 13, NWS New Orleans, LA
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Ascension, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist | 45 min |
| Apr 10, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa | 45 min |
| Apr 10, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Lafourche, Saint Charles | 53 min |
| Apr 10, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard | 51 min |
| Apr 10, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 44 min |
| Apr 10, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Landry | 60 min |
| Apr 11, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Avoyelles | 60 min |
| Apr 11, 2:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana | 66 min |
| Apr 11, 4:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, West Baton Rouge | 59 min |
| Apr 11, 4:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge | 4 hr |
| Apr 11, 4:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Livingston, Saint Helena | 66 min |
| Apr 11, 4:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | East Feliciana | 4 hr |
| Apr 11, 4:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge | 4 hr |
| Apr 11, 4:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa | 59 min |
| Apr 11, 5:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Washington | 65 min |
| Apr 11, 5:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 65 min |
| Apr 11, 5:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | East Feliciana | 2 hr |
| Apr 11, 5:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Livingston, Tangipahoa | 56 min |
| Apr 11, 5:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Livingston, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa | 4 hr |
| Apr 11, 6:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa | 66 min |
| Apr 11, 6:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 59 min |
| Apr 11, 7:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Ascension | 3 hr |
| Apr 11, 7:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Ascension | 2 hr |
| Apr 11, 8:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington | 2 hr |
| Apr 11, 8:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | East Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge | 4 hr |
| Apr 11, 8:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge | 4 hr |
| Apr 11, 10:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Orleans, Saint Bernard, Saint Tammany | 117 min |
| Apr 10, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 62 min |
| Apr 11, 2:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Amite | 64 min |
| Apr 11, 4:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike | 59 min |
| Apr 11, 4:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pike, Walthall | 59 min |
| Apr 11, 5:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Pike | 4 hr |
| Apr 11, 8:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Amite | 4 hr |
| Apr 11, 10:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 3 hr |
| Apr 11, 10:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Jackson | 3 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.