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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 130, NWS Lake Charles, LA

July 17, 1998Newton County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 1998, 3:41 PM CDT for Newton County, Texas. It was in force for 64 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
Jul 17, 1998, 3:41 PM CDT (20:41 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 1998, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Newton County, TX

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 17, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCalcasieu60 min
Jul 17, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCalcasieu58 min
Jul 17, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHOrange66 min
Jul 17, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJefferson64 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.