Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 22, 1998, 1:08 AM CST for Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 47 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
- Jan 22, 1998, 1:08 AM CST (07:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 22, 1998, 1:55 AM CST
- In force
- 47 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 07:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 8:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 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
- 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.
581 WUUS1 KLCH 220709 RRA SVRLCH LAC053-220755- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 108 AM CST THU JAN 22 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES LA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 155 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA ...SOUTHERN JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH AT 106 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...3 MILES WEST OF LAKE ARTHUR...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. PERSONS IN THE COMMUNITY OF LAKE ARTHUR ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THIS STORM WILL BE 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.
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, 5 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 21, 7:45 PM CST, 5 hours 23 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, 10:20 PM CST, 2 hours 48 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, 11:27 PM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1127 PM CST WED JAN 21 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1050 PM BRIDGE CITY TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
01/21/98 ORANGELocal storm report, Jan 21, 11:54 PM CST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1154 PM CST WED JAN 21 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1100 PM LONGVILLE LA WIND DAMAGE
01/21/98 BEAUREGARD TREES DOWN BETWEEN
LONGVILLE/SINGER
930 PM KIRBYVILLE TX TORNADO
01/21/98 JASPER POSSIBLE TORNADO
REPORTS OF NUMEROUS TREES
DOWN...ROOFS BLOWN OFF
HOMES...AND A SCHOOL.
ERICKSONLocal storm report, Jan 21, 11:54 PM CST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1154 PM CST WED JAN 21 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1100 PM LONGVILLE LA WIND DAMAGE
01/21/98 BEAUREGARD TREES DOWN BETWEEN
LONGVILLE/SINGER
930 PM KIRBYVILLE TX TORNADO
01/21/98 JASPER POSSIBLE TORNADO
REPORTS OF NUMEROUS TREES
DOWN...ROOFS BLOWN OFF
HOMES...AND A SCHOOL.
ERICKSONLocal storm report, Jan 22, 12:09 AM CST, 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1209 AM CST THU JAN 22 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1200 AM HACKBERRY LA 0.75 INCH HAIL
01/22/98 CAMERON REPORT BY SHERIFF DEPT
ERICKSONLocal storm report, Jan 22, 12:09 AM CST, 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1209 AM CST THU JAN 22 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1200 AM HACKBERRY LA 0.75 INCH HAIL
01/22/98 CAMERON REPORT BY SHERIFF DEPT
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, 10:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 46 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 |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.