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Tornado Warning 55, NWS New Orleans, LA

July 24, 1995Jefferson Parish, Saint Charles Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Jul 24, 1995, 3:35 PM CDT for Jefferson Parish, Saint Charles Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 27 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 24, 1995, 3:35 PM CDT (20:35 UTC)
Expired: Jul 24, 1995, 4:02 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Jefferson Parish, LA, Saint Charles Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 72 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2662 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 552 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -44 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 242042
TORNEW
LAC089-051-242135-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
335 PM CDT MON JUL 24 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 435 PM CDT
FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

   ...ST. CHARLES PARISH AND NORTHERN JEFFERSON PARISH

AT 335 PM CDT NEW ORLEANS INTERNOATIONAL AIRPORT REPORTED A TORNADO
NORTHWEST OF THE AIRPORT MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES PER HOUR. THE
COMMUNITIES OF NOROCO AND LULING ARR IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

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.

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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.