Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 8, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 6, 1995, 2:21 PM CST for Saint John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 39 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 6, 1995, 2:21 PM CST (20:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 1995, 3:00 PM CST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 535 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 646 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KNEW 062019 TORNEW LAC095-062100- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 221 PM CST MON MAR 6 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM CST FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING PARISHE... IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA ...NORTHERN ST.JOHN.BAPTIST PARISH AT 2:15 PM CST..NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO LOCATED NORTH OF GRAMERCY AND EDGARD MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS PER ST. JOHN C.D. 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.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 1:36 PM CST, 45 minutes before
LAZ050-062040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 136 PM CST MON MAR 6 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ROLLING THROUGH EASTERN LIVINGSTON PARISH... AT 130 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES SOUTHSOUTHWEST OF HAMMOND MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHNORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PEOPLE IN EASTERN LIVINGSTON PARISH CAN EXPECT THIS THUNDERSTORM DURING THE NEXT HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM.
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 9:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, West Feliciana | 55 min |
| Mar 6, 1:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint James, Saint John the Baptist | 65 min |
| Mar 6, 2:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Livingston | 58 min |
| Mar 6, 2:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa | 58 min |
| Mar 6, 2:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 56 min |
| Mar 6, 3:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa | 60 min |
| Mar 6, 4:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 58 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.