Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 14, 1998, 5:39 PM CST for Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 46 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
- Jan 14, 1998, 5:39 PM CST (23:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 14, 1998, 6:25 PM CST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jefferson Davis Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14, 6:10 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Jennings, 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 nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 41 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
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -181 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 475 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
897 WUUS1 KLCH 142341 RRA SVRLCH LAC053-150025- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 539 PM CST WED JAN 14 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES LA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 625 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA ...JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH AT 535 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH INTO JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM ARE JENNINGS AND ROANOKE. THE STORMS WILL REACH THESE TOWNS ABOUT 605 PM BRINGING PRIMARILY LARGE HAIL. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES...COMPUTERS...OR OTHER ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOGGED
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 Jan 14, 2:25 PM CST, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 14, 2:25 PM CST, 3 hours 14 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS..SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 225 PM CST WED JAN 14 1998 LOW CLOUDS AND FOG HANGING IN THIS AFTERNOON WITH ONLY A FEW SHOWERS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA. THIS SHOULD REMAIN THE CASE FOR TONIGHT AS THE STRONGER ACTIVITY SHOULD REMAIN OFFSHORE. SFC LOW WILL TRACK EAST ALONG STATIONARY BOUNDRY LOCATED ALONG THE LA COAST. UPPER LEVEL TROF LAGGING BEHIND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA ON THUR AND WILL KEEP IN THE LOW CLOUDS. AS LOW TRACKS EASTWARD WINDS WILL PICK UP FROM THE NORTH WITH DECENT COLD AIR ADVECTION...GIVING COOLER CONDITIONS. SUGGEST DROPING FFA FOR ENTIRE AREA. PRECIP AMOUNTS SHOULD AVERAGE LESS THAN ONE INCH ACROSS FA. STRATUS AND PATCHY FOG WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. WILL HOLD ON TO POPS ON THU FOR AEX AND LFT WITH WRAP AROUND MOISTURE. 12 BPT 51/60/40/68 3000 LCH 52/60/40/66 6000 LFT 53/57/40/65 8200 AEX 46/50/36/66 4200
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.