Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 21, 1998, 10:24 PM CST for Avoyelles 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 21, 1998, 10:24 PM CST (04:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 21, 1998, 11:10 PM CST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Avoyelles Parish, LA
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:28 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 21, 10:50 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Marksville, 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 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 1567 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 528 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 6.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
948 WUUS1 KLCH 220423 RRA SVRLCH LAC009-220510- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1024 PM CST WED JAN 21 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES LA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1110 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA ...AVOYELLES PARISH AT 1022 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR MARKSVILLE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN A STRONG BUILDING. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM...SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. DO NOT STAND BY 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.
NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jan 21, 7:45 PM CST, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 21, 7:45 PM CST, 2 hours 39 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS..SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 745 PM CST WED JAN 21 1998 SEVERE TSRA CONTINUES OVER EAST TEXAS...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED EARLIER IN TYLER COUNTY. 00Z LCH SOUNDING SHOWING 2000 CAPES WITH -7 LIS. WITH CURRENT LOW LEVEL WIND PROFILE...NE-E MOVING CELLS SHOULD HAVE 0-3KM HELICITIES RUNNING 180-200 RANGE. PRECIPITATION FILLING IN OVER EAST-CENTRAL TX. FLASHFLOODING WILL BE A POSSIBILITY...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHERN ZONES. MORE OF A SEVERE THREAT WILL CONTINUE OVER COASTAL SECTIONS WITH THE BETTER LOW LEVEL INFLOW. FORECAST LOOKS GOOD AT THIS POINT...KEEP FAA TONIGHT FOR ENTIRE AREA. MAY WANT TO BUMP UP LOWS FOR TONIGHT GIVEN CURRENT TEMPS AND FRONTAL POSITION. 12
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 21, 9:28 PM CST, 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
928 PM CST WED JAN 21 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
900 PM DEQUINCY LA 0.75 INCH HAIL
01/21/98 CALCASIEU REPORTED BY POLICE DEPT
ERICKSONLocal storm report, Jan 21, 9:28 PM CST, 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
928 PM CST WED JAN 21 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
900 PM DEQUINCY LA 0.75 INCH HAIL
01/21/98 CALCASIEU REPORTED BY POLICE DEPT
ERICKSONLocal storm report, Jan 21, 10:00 PM CST, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1000 PM CST WED JAN 21 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
953 PM FANNETT TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
01/21/98 JEFFERSON QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
IN FANNETT BY KFDM-TV.
956 PM KIRBYVILLE TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
01/21/98 JASPER GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED
IN KIRBYVILLE BY KFDM-TV.Local storm report, Jan 21, 10:11 PM CST, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1011 PM CST WED JAN 21 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
940 PM KIRBYVILLE TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
01/21/98 JASPER GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED
IN KIRBYVILLE BY SHERIFFS.
928 PM 2N OF MOSSBLUFF LA 1.00 INCH HAIL
01/21/98 CALCASIEU PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL
REPORTED NEAR TOPSY BY
KPLC-TV.Local storm report, Jan 21, 10:20 PM CST, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1020 PM CST WED JAN 21 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
930 PM RAGLEY LA 0.75 INCH HAIL
01/21/98 BEAUREGARD
1000 PM BLEAKWOOD TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
01/21/98 NEWTON ALSO REPORTS OF TREES
BLOWN DOWN AND ROADS
CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.
940 PM HAMPSHIRE TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
01/21/98 JEFFERSON
ERICKSONLocal storm report, Jan 21, 10:20 PM CST, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1020 PM CST WED JAN 21 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
930 PM RAGLEY LA 0.75 INCH HAIL
01/21/98 BEAUREGARD
1000 PM BLEAKWOOD TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
01/21/98 NEWTON ALSO REPORTS OF TREES
BLOWN DOWN AND ROADS
CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.
940 PM HAMPSHIRE TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
01/21/98 JEFFERSON
ERICKSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 6:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 57 min |
| Jan 21, 8:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 35 min |
| Jan 21, 9:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 62 min |
| Jan 21, 9:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen | 62 min |
| Jan 21, 9:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 63 min |
| Jan 21, 10:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 65 min |
| Jan 21, 11:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron | 64 min |
| Jan 21, 11:14 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 2 hr |
| Jan 21, 11:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Jefferson Davis | 64 min |
| Jan 21, 11:50 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 2 hr |
| Jan 22, 12:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron | 64 min |
| Jan 22, 1:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.