Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 1998, 1:50 PM CST for Allen Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 45 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
- Mar 7, 1998, 1:50 PM CST (19:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 1998, 2:35 PM CST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Allen Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 2:00 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Grant, 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 1:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 666 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -108 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 549 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 285 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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.
NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 7, 1:30 PM CST, 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 7, 1:30 PM CST, 20 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS..SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 130 PM CST SAT MAR 7 1998 APPEARS AFT WILL BE BUSY AS TSTMS BEGINNING TO REGENERATE. DECENT TORNADO THREAT THIS AFTERNOON AS LOW LEVEL SHEAR INCREASING AS SFC WINDS INCREASE. WILL HIT THE HIGH PTS OF FORECAST. MODELS IN BETTER AGREEMENT THAN THEY HAVE BEEN WITH PREVIOUS RUNS. HAVE TRENDED CLOSE TO ETA SOLN WITH UPCOMING FORECAST. AXIS OF DEEP MOISTURE WILL DICTATE POPS FOR FIRST PD. IT MOVES EAST TONIGHT WELL AHEAD OF COLD AIR...ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF SFC TROF/DRY LINE CURRENTLY SOUTH OF DEVELOPING SFC LOW BETWEEN LFK AND CLL. BEST CHC FOR SVR WILL BE THIS AFT/EARLY EVE ACROSS AREA AS SOME HEATING OCCURS AND ATMOS FURTHER DESTABILIZES. WOULD LIKE TO KKEP FFA FOR LA ZONES FOR PRIMARILY EVENING HVY RAIN POTENTIAL...HOWEVER BEST MOISTURE WILL BE EAST OF SE TX BY 00Z SO WILL LET FFA FOR THAT AREA EXPIRE AT 00Z. LIKE SLIGHTLY COOLER HIGHS 2ND PD WITH CC REMAINING MOST OF DAY AND DECENT CAA. WILL KEEP POPS FOR SUN MORNING WITH STRONG VORT ROUNDING BASE OF TROF. 1 BPT 54/60/36/58 3200 LCH 55/60/37/58 6200 LFT 55/59/38/59 6200 AEX 53/57/36/57 6200
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 7, 7:50 AM CST, 6 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
750 AM CST SAT MAR 7 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
700 AM 5 S SULPHUR LA 0.75 INCH HAIL
03/07/98 CALCASIEU IN CARLYSS AREA
ERICKSONLocal storm report, Mar 7, 7:50 AM CST, 6 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
750 AM CST SAT MAR 7 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
700 AM 5 S SULPHUR LA 0.75 INCH HAIL
03/07/98 CALCASIEU IN CARLYSS AREA
ERICKSONSpecial weather statement, Mar 7, 10:17 AM CST, 3 hours 33 minutes before
LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-071915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1017 AM CST SAT MAR 7 1998 ...THE TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH NORTHEAST OUT OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THEREFORE THE WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST...SOUTH CENTRAL...AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THUNDERSTORM RE-DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS ADDITIONAL UPPER LEVEL ENERGY AND A COLD FRONT APPROACHS FROM THE WEST.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 10:17 AM CST, 3 hours 33 minutes before
LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-071915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1017 AM CST SAT MAR 7 1998 ...THE TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH NORTHEAST OUT OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THEREFORE THE WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST...SOUTH CENTRAL...AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THUNDERSTORM RE-DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS ADDITIONAL UPPER LEVEL ENERGY AND A COLD FRONT APPROACHS FROM THE WEST.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 11:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson Davis | |
| Mar 7, 2:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Cameron | 63 min |
| Mar 7, 3:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen | 59 min |
| Mar 7, 3:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Cameron | 34 min |
| Mar 7, 3:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vermilion | 58 min |
| Mar 7, 4:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides | 59 min |
| Mar 7, 4:40 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Vermilion | 65 min |
| Mar 7, 4:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia | 45 min |
| Mar 7, 5:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 44 min |
| Mar 7, 5:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Iberia | 63 min |
| Mar 7, 5:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 43 min |
| Mar 7, 6:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Cameron | 61 min |
| Mar 7, 6:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 49 min |
| Mar 7, 6:45 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 2 hr |
| Mar 7, 7:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 40 min |
| Mar 7, 1:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 44 min |
| Mar 7, 2:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides | 56 min |
| Mar 7, 2:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Saint Landry | 60 min |
| Mar 7, 2:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 34 min |
| Mar 7, 2:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 47 min |
| Mar 7, 3:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 46 min |
| Mar 7, 4:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 49 min |
| Mar 7, 4:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Orange | 44 min |
| Mar 7, 5:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 59 min |
| Mar 7, 5:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Orange | 47 min |
| Mar 7, 5:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin | 31 min |
| Mar 7, 6:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Newton | 31 min |
| Mar 7, 5:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper | 48 min |
| Mar 7, 5:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Newton | 63 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998
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.