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Tornado Warning 9, NWS New Orleans, LA

March 7, 1995Catahoula Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 7, 1995, 8:25 AM CST for Catahoula Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 7, 1995, 8:25 AM CST (14:25 UTC)
Expired
Mar 7, 1995, 9:30 AM CST
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Catahoula Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 182 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1995-03-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1025 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1995-03-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 236 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1025 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
558 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
236 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
287 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.9
Supercell composite
6.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBTR 071425
TORBTR
LAC025-071530-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA
825 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BATON ROUGE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA
 
   ...EASTERN CATAHOULA PARISH
 
TORNADOS WERE REPORTED ON THE GROUND 5 MILES NORTH AND 5 MILES SOUTH OF
JONESVILLE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON 4CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 6, 6:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWashington44 min
Mar 6, 6:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Landry55 min
Mar 7, 2:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXConcordia65 min
Mar 7, 7:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAvoyelles, Saint Landry61 min
Mar 7, 7:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXCatahoula61 min
Mar 7, 8:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXEast Baton Rouge61 min
Mar 7, 8:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWest Feliciana61 min
Mar 7, 8:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXEast Feliciana69 min
Mar 7, 9:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXEast Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, West Feliciana61 min
Mar 7, 9:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXEast Baton Rouge, Iberville61 min
Mar 7, 9:48 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAscension, Livingston57 min
Mar 7, 9:48 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Helena57 min
Mar 7, 10:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXEast Baton Rouge, Iberville, West Baton Rouge57 min
Mar 7, 10:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAscension, Livingston, Saint Helena57 min
Mar 7, 10:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXTangipahoa67 min
Mar 7, 10:24 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXAscension, Livingston66 min
Mar 7, 10:24 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXIberville66 min
Mar 7, 10:37 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Tammany, Washington68 min
Mar 7, 10:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAssumption, Lafourche, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist58 min
Mar 7, 10:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Charles58 min
Mar 7, 11:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXTerrebonne60 min
Mar 7, 11:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAscension, Livingston65 min
Mar 7, 11:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXIberville65 min
Mar 7, 11:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXOrleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard64 min
Mar 7, 11:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXJefferson64 min
Mar 7, 11:32 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Tammany, Washington58 min
Mar 7, 11:42 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXLafourche, Saint Charles63 min
Mar 7, 12:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXTerrebonne32 min
Mar 7, 12:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPlaquemines, Saint Bernard63 min
Mar 7, 12:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXJefferson63 min
Mar 7, 1:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXJefferson, Plaquemines59 min
Mar 7, 3:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPlaquemines65 min
Mar 7, 4:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPlaquemines49 min
Mar 7, 5:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPlaquemines63 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.