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Tornado Warning 44, NWS New Orleans, LA

May 9, 1995Orleans Parish, Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at May 9, 1995, 11:12 PM CDT for Orleans Parish, Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 1995, 11:12 PM CDT (04:12 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 1995, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Orleans Parish, LA, Saint Tammany Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 23 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 1995-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3211 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 1995-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 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
3211 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
896 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
4.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KNEW 100415
TORNEW
LAC071-103-100515-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1112 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
 
   ...EASTERN ORLEANS PARISH...SOUTHEASTERN ST.TAMMANY PARISH
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA.
 
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AT 1110 PM CDT INDICATED
A POSSIBLE TORNADO ASSOCIATED WITH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
EAST PORTION OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN JUST NORTH OF LAKEFRONT
AIRPORT MOVING EAST ABOUT 20 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WITH HEAVY
MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND ZERO VISIBILITY IN VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS
BEEN REPORTED OVER THE MIDDLE OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN IN THE PAST
10 TO 15 MINUTES.
 
 
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSt. Mary58 min
May 9, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWashington61 min
May 9, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXIberia, Saint Martin59 min
May 9, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXIberville58 min
May 9, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAscension65 min
May 9, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXLivingston54 min
May 9, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXOrleans, Saint Tammany65 min
May 10, 12:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXEast Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge63 min
May 10, 1:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXAscension, Livingston2 hr
May 10, 1:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXSaint Tammany, Tangipahoa3 hr
May 10, 2:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Tammany, Tangipahoa68 min
May 10, 4:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXSaint Tammany, Tangipahoa4 hr
May 10, 8:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXOrleans, Saint Bernard56 min
May 10, 11:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPlaquemines, Saint Bernard62 min
May 10, 3:30 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXAvoyelles, Saint Landry60 min
May 10, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXIberville, Saint Martin67 min
May 10, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Landry69 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.