Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 19, 1996, 5:55 PM CST for Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 65 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 19, 1996, 5:55 PM CST (23:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 19, 1996, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Tangipahoa Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 748 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 259 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KNEW 192355 RRA SVRNEW LAC105-200100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 555 PM CST MON FEB 19 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA ...TANGIPAHOA PARISH AT 555 PM CST DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LARGE CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR KENTWOOD MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. KENTWOOD POLICE REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN KENTWOOD AT 540 PM CST. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Feb 19, 3:00 PM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes before
LAZ006-014-021-022028-029-032-033-043-044-052-192300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE 400 PM CST MON FEB 19 1996 ...THE TORNADO WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING PARISHES IN NORTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...UNION...QUACHITA...CALDWELL... LASALLE...AVOYELLES...EVANGELENE...ST LANDRY...ACADIA...LAFAYETTE ...VERNON... THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES CONTINUES OVER EAST CENTpRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 7 PM.
Special weather statement, Feb 19, 4:00 PM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes before
LAZ006-014-021-022028-029-032-033-043-044-052-192300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE 400 PM CST MON FEB 19 1996 ...THE TORNADO WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING PARISHES IN NORTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...UNION...QUACHITA...CALDWELL... LASALLE...AVOYELLES...EVANGELENE...ST LANDRY...ACADIA...LAFAYETTE ...VERNON... THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES CONTINUES OVER EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 7 PM.
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 12:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Livingston, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa | 64 min |
| Feb 19, 12:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Washington | 64 min |
| Feb 19, 1:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Washington | 56 min |
| Feb 19, 2:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 26 min |
| Feb 19, 3:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 42 min |
| Feb 19, 4:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Helena, Tangipahoa | 66 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996
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.