Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 19, 1998, 2:58 PM CST for Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 62 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 19, 1998, 2:58 PM CST (20:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 19, 1998, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Vernon Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 3:13 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Leesville, 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1296 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
003 WUUS1 KLCH 192059 RRA SVRLCH LAC115-192200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 258 PM CST THU FEB 19 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES LA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA ...VERNON PARISH AT 255 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES WEST OF LEESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM WILL BE DIME SIZE HAIL. PERSONS IN THE COMMUNITY OF LEESVILLE ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE 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 Feb 19, 2:15 PM CST, 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 19, 2:15 PM CST, 43 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS..SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 215 PM CST THU FEB 19 1998 SFC TROF LOCATED ACROSS EXT SE TX THIS AFT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH EAST THIS EVENING. DRYING WILL OCCUR BEHIND THIS FEATURE AS WINDS BECOME NW/N. VORT MAX WILL BE LOCATED ALONG SE TX/LA BORDER AT 20/00Z...ASSOCIATED COLD POOL ALOFT WILL DESTABILIZE ATMOS...BUT DO NOT THINK THERE WILL BE ENOUGH LLM TO PRODUCE ANYTHING MORE THAN WIDELY SCT TSTM ACTIVITY ACROSS FA DURING THE EVENING HOURS. HAIL A GOOD POSSIBILITY WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS AS 500 MB TEMPS ARE AROUND -20 DEGREES. SUBSIDENCE WILL DOMINATE REGION THROUGH REST OF PD. NEXT STORM SYSTEM LOCATED ACROSS S NEW MEX/N MEXICO AT 48 HRS WILL LIKELY AFFECT AREA ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. MOS TEMPS LOOK REASONABLE...WILL NOT STRAY TOO FAR. 1 BPT 46/68/44/70 2000 LCH 46/68/42/70 2000 LFT 46/68/43/70 2000 AEX 44/66/40/68 2000
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 4:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 30 min |
| Feb 19, 4:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides | 47 min |
| Feb 19, 5:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Evangeline | 53 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.