Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 24, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 23, 1995, 5:03 AM CDT for Assumption Parish, Saint Martin Parish, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 57 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 23, 1995, 5:03 AM CDT (10:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 1995, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Assumption Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, St. Mary Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 5:35 AM CDT | Tornado F0 | Labadieville, LA | Parish Civil Defense Director reported a tornado touched down in a ,rice field along Louisiana Highway 398 between Bayou Louis and Labadieville. Tornado path length and width estimated. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 648 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 517 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KNEW 231005 TORNEW LAC007-057-099-101-109-231100- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 503 AM CDT SUN APR 23 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA ...ASSUMPTION PARISH...LAFOURCHE PARISH...ST.MARTIN PARISH ...ST.MARY PARISH...TERREBONNE PARISH AT 4:50 AM THE ST MARY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN FRANKLIN REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR BALDWIN LOUISIANA. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURN.ITURE. 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, Apr 22, 11:49 PM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
LAZ029-033-230700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 1150 PM CDT SAT APR 22 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... AT 1145 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM LAFAYETTE... EUNICE AND OAKDALE EXTENDING ACROSS MORGANZA...BUNKIE AND MARKSVILLE TO NATCHEZ AND BROOKHAVEN MISSISSIPPI. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE STRONG AND GUSTY WIND...HEAVY RAIN WITH FLOODING OF STREETS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL AS THEY CROSS EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA THIS MORNING. PEOPLE IN AVOYELLES AND ST LANDRY PARISHES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 23, 1:24 AM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
LAZ029-033-230800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 125 AM CDT SUN APR 23 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT THIS MORNING ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THIS MORNING AND TODAY... AT 120 AM CDT RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM GRAND CHENIER EXTENDING NORTHEAST ACROSS SUNSET AND LAFAYETTE...NEW ROADS AND CLINTON TO MCCOMB MISSISSIPPI. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE STRONG AND GUSTY WIND...HEAVY RAIN WITH FLOODING OF STREETS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL AS THEY CROSS EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA THIS MORNING. PEOPLE IN AVOYELLES AND ST LANDRY PARISHES SHOULD RE4MAIN ALERT AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Local storm report, Apr 23, 4:23 AM CDT, 40 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA
425 AM CDT SUN APR 23 1995
TIME/CDT PARISH/LOCATION ...REPORTS FOR APRIL 23...
1220AM AVOYELLES SHERIFF REPORTED TREES DOWN HIGHWAY 1 NEAR
ZION ROAD IN COTTONPORT.
303 AM ST LANDRY SHERIFF REPORTED SOME TREES DOWN AND STREET
FLOODING NEAR WHITEVILLE IN NORTHERN ST
LANDRY.
323 AM AVOYELLES DELAYED REPORT OF MARBLE SIZE HAIL NEAR
BUNKIE BETWEEN 11 PM AND MIDNIGHT.The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Avoyelles | 63 min |
| Apr 23, 12:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana | 61 min |
| Apr 23, 3:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Saint Landry | 117 min |
| Apr 23, 3:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Avoyelles | 2 hr |
| Apr 23, 4:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Ascension, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist | 58 min |
| Apr 23, 4:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Assumption, Lafourche, St. Mary, Terrebonne | 58 min |
| Apr 23, 4:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Martin | 58 min |
| Apr 23, 5:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Lafourche, Terrebonne | 57 min |
| Apr 23, 5:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Ascension, Livingston, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist | 63 min |
| Apr 23, 5:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa | 63 min |
| Apr 23, 5:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard | 65 min |
| Apr 23, 5:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 65 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.