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Tornado Warning 54, NWS New Orleans, LA

June 25, 1995Washington Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 1995, 1:43 PM CDT for Washington Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 1995, 1:43 PM CDT (18:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 1995, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Washington Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 75 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 12:00Z on 1995-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1172 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 12:00Z on 1995-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1172 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
899 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KNEW 251844
TORNEW
LAC117-251945-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
143 PM CDT SUN JUN 25 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  245 PM CDT
FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
 
   ...WASHINGTON PARISH
 
AT 1:45 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN
SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON PARISH MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT
ABOUT 20 KNOTS. THIS STORM IS ASSOCIATED WITH A CLUSTER OF
SEVERE STORMS THAT WERE ALSO MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT
ABOUT 20 KNOTS.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 1:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXTangipahoa60 min
Jun 25, 1:12 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXTangipahoa63 min
Jun 25, 1:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWashington66 min
Jun 25, 2:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXTangipahoa60 min
Jun 25, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Tammany80 min
Jun 25, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXTangipahoa41 min

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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.