Tornado Warning 8, NWS New Orleans, LA

Issued

Mar 18, 1996, 1:01 AM CST (07:01 UTC)

Expired

Mar 18, 1996, 1:30 AM CST

In force

29 min

Issued by

NWS New Orleans, LA

Area

Whole counties

County Washington Parish, LA

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.

000 
TTAA00 KNEW 180706
TORNEW
LAC117-180730-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
101 AM CST MON MAR 18 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  130 AM CST
FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
 
   ...WASHINGTON PARISH
 
AT 100 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR IN SLIDELL INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 3
MILES NORTHEAST OF FRANKLINTON. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30
MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE PINE COMMUNITY AROUND 115
AM AND NEAR VARNADO AND ANGIE BEFORE 130 AM CST.
 
WASHINGTON PARISH SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL WITH
THIS STORM IN FRANKLINTON.  THE HAIL WAS TOTALLY COVERING THE GROUND.
 
 
 
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 tA CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
 
 
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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.