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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 58, NWS Lake Charles, LA

February 10, 1998Lafayette Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 10, 1998, 5:24 PM CST for Lafayette 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: Feb 10, 1998, 5:24 PM CST (23:24 UTC)
Expired: Feb 10, 1998, 6:10 PM CST
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Whole counties

County Lafayette Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Feb 10, 5:30 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind	Lafayette, 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
Feb 10, 1:00 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
Feb 10, 4:45 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

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 Feb 10, 2:19 PM CST, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 2:19 PM CST, 3 hours 5 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 10, 4:25 PM CST, 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
425 PM CST TUE FEB 10 1998

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

130 PM     CHESTER                   TX   WIND DAMAGE
02/10/98   TYLER                          WIDESPREAD REPORTS OF TREES
                                          DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY...
                                          INCLUDING HILLISTER AND
                                          SPURGER.

140 PM     SILSBEE                   TX   WIND DAMAGE
02/10/98   HARDIN                         REPORT OF CARS OVERTURNED
                                          IN PARKING LOT. ALSO REPORT
                                          OF 79 MPH WIND IN SOUR LAKE
                                          AT 143 PM.

210 PM     NEWTON                    TX   WIND DAMAGE
02/10/98   NEWTON                         TREES BLOWN DOWN NORTH OF
                                          NEWTON ON HIGHWAY 87N

230 PM     TOLDEO BEND               TX   WIND DAMAGE
02/10/98   NEWTON                         WIND GUSTS TO 62 MPH...TREES
                                          AND POWER LINES DOWN

227 PM     BUNA                      TX   TORNADO
02/10/98   JASPER                         UNOFFICIAL REPORT OF TORNADO.
                                          NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY 62.

230 PM     PORT ARTHUR               TX   WIND DAMAGE
02/10/98   JEFFERSON                      ROOF BLOWN OFF RESTAURANT

240 PM     PORT ARTHUR               TX   66 MPH WIND GUST
02/10/98   JEFFERSON

250 PM     LEESVILLE                 LA   WIND DAMAGE
02/10/98   VERNON                         REPORTS OF NUMEROUS TREES
                                          AND POWER LINES DOWN...
                                          INCLUDING ROSEPINE AND
                                          PICKERING AREAS.

320 PM     SULPHUR                   LA   WIND DAMAGE
02/10/98   CALCASIEU                      TREES BLOWN DOWN. ALSO 0.75
                                          INCH HAIL IN MOSS BLUFF.

ERICKSON

Local storm report, Feb 10, 4:25 PM CST, 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
425 PM CST TUE FEB 10 1998

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

130 PM     CHESTER                   TX   WIND DAMAGE
02/10/98   TYLER                          WIDESPREAD REPORTS OF TREES
                                          DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY...
                                          INCLUDING HILLISTER AND
                                          SPURGER.

140 PM     SILSBEE                   TX   WIND DAMAGE
02/10/98   HARDIN                         REPORT OF CARS OVERTURNED
                                          IN PARKING LOT. ALSO REPORT
                                          OF 79 MPH WIND IN SOUR LAKE
                                          AT 143 PM.

210 PM     NEWTON                    TX   WIND DAMAGE
02/10/98   NEWTON                         TREES BLOWN DOWN NORTH OF
                                          NEWTON ON HIGHWAY 87N

230 PM     TOLDEO BEND               TX   WIND DAMAGE
02/10/98   NEWTON                         WIND GUSTS TO 62 MPH...TREES
                                          AND POWER LINES DOWN

227 PM     BUNA                      TX   TORNADO
02/10/98   JASPER                         UNOFFICIAL REPORT OF TORNADO.
                                          NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY 62.

230 PM     PORT ARTHUR               TX   WIND DAMAGE
02/10/98   JEFFERSON                      ROOF BLOWN OFF RESTAURANT

240 PM     PORT ARTHUR               TX   66 MPH WIND GUST
02/10/98   JEFFERSON

250 PM     LEESVILLE                 LA   WIND DAMAGE
02/10/98   VERNON                         REPORTS OF NUMEROUS TREES
                                          AND POWER LINES DOWN...
                                          INCLUDING ROSEPINE AND
                                          PICKERING AREAS.

320 PM     SULPHUR                   LA   WIND DAMAGE
02/10/98   CALCASIEU                      TREES BLOWN DOWN. ALSO 0.75
                                          INCH HAIL IN MOSS BLUFF.

ERICKSON

Special weather statement, Feb 10, 5:15 PM CST, 9 minutes before

LAZ027-028-030-031-041-042-051-110015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
515 PM CST TUE FEB 10 1998

...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...

TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING LOUISIANA PARISHES
IN SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA...ALLEN...BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU...
CAMERON...JEFFERSON DAVIS...RAPIDES AND VERNON. THE SEVERE SQUALL LINE
THAT PUSHED THROUGH THE AREA EARLIER TODAY HAS SHIFTED EAST. NUMEROUS
REPORTS OF WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH WERE RECEIEVED. A FEW
LINGERING SHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS EVENING...OTHERWISE CLOUDS
WILL DECREASE FROM THE WEST.

Special weather statement, Feb 10, 5:15 PM CST, 9 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 10, 2:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Calcasieu, Vernon	61 min
Feb 10, 2:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Cameron	61 min
Feb 10, 2:34 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Vernon	66 min
Feb 10, 3:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen, Rapides	64 min
Feb 10, 3:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Calcasieu, Cameron	60 min
Feb 10, 3:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jefferson Davis	45 min
Feb 10, 4:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen, Evangeline, Rapides	39 min
Feb 10, 4:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Cameron	45 min
Feb 10, 4:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Saint Landry	59 min
Feb 10, 4:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia	59 min
Feb 10, 5:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Vermilion	60 min
Feb 10, 5:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Saint Landry	33 min
Feb 10, 5:59 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Saint Landry	36 min
Feb 10, 12:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Hardin, Tyler	60 min
Feb 10, 1:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jefferson	59 min
Feb 10, 1:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jasper, Newton	61 min
Feb 10, 1:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Orange	59 min
Feb 10, 2:05 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Jasper	35 min
Feb 10, 2:25 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Newton	35 min
Feb 10, 2:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jefferson	32 min
Feb 10, 2:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Orange	34 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 1998 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.