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Tornado Warning 61, NWS New Orleans, LA

December 17, 1995Pointe Coupee Parish, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Dec 17, 1995, 2:08 PM CST for Pointe Coupee Parish, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 37 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: Dec 17, 1995, 2:08 PM CST (20:08 UTC)
Expired: Dec 17, 1995, 2:45 PM CST
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Whole counties

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

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Dec 17, 2:12 PM CST	Tornado F2	Livonia, LA	Fifteen mobile homes were destroyed, four sustained major damage and two minor damage. A child was injured when struck by a Christmas tree. A National Weather Service official surveyed the damage area.

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

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 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: 675 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 573 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 239 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 246 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 4.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KNEW 172009
TORNEW
LAC077-125-172045-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
208 PM CST SUN DEC 17 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  245 PM CST
FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
 
   ...POINTE COUPEE PARISH...WEST FELICIANA PARISH
 
AT 205 PM CST...THE SLIDELL DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO
IN CENTRAL POINTE COUPEE PARISH JUST SOUTH OF MORGANZA.
 
THIS DANGEROUS STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL BE IN
THE NEW ROADS AND FALSE RIVER AREA BEFORE 230 PM.
 
THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AND INTO THE VICINITY OF ST.
FRANCISVILLE BEFORE 245 PM.
 
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
Dec 17, 1:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana	46 min
Dec 17, 2:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	East Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge	60 min
Dec 17, 2:46 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	East Baton Rouge	29 min
Dec 17, 2:49 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	East Feliciana	41 min
Dec 17, 3:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Livingston, Saint Helena	43 min
Dec 17, 3:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Livingston, Saint Helena	34 min
Dec 17, 3:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Ascension	27 min
Dec 17, 3:30 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Tangipahoa	45 min
Dec 17, 4:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Saint Tammany, Washington	63 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.