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Tornado Warning 59, NWS New Orleans, LA

November 2, 1995Pointe Coupee Parish, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Nov 2, 1995, 3:55 AM CST for Pointe Coupee Parish, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 2, 1995, 3:55 AM CST (09:55 UTC)
Expired: Nov 2, 1995, 5:00 AM CST
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 178 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: 854 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 525 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 218 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 277 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KNEW 020956
TORNEW
LAC077-125-021100-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
355 AM CST THU NOV 2 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 AM CST
FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
 
   ...POINTE COUPEE PARISH...WEST FELICIANA PARISH
 
AT 354 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORM IN NORTH CENTRAL POINTE COUPEE PARISH MOVING NORTHEAST AT
25 TO 30 MPH INTO WEST FELICIANA PARISH...INTO THE ST FRANCISVILLE AND
WAKEFIELD AREAS.
 
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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 2, 5:03 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	East Feliciana	42 min
Nov 2, 5:27 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	East Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge	63 min
Nov 2, 5:53 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Livingston, Saint Helena	52 min
Nov 2, 6:16 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Tangipahoa	59 min
Nov 2, 6:58 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Washington	62 min
Nov 2, 6:58 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Tangipahoa	62 min
Nov 2, 11:00 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Saint Tammany	30 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.