Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 1998, 4:35 PM CDT for East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 50 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
- Jun 23, 1998, 4:35 PM CDT (21:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 1998, 5:25 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County East Baton Rouge Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 2367 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 699 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KNEW 232135 RRA
SVRNEW
LAC033-077-121-232225-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
435 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 1998
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS LA HAS ISSUED A...
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
- SOUTHEASTERN POINTE COUPEE PARISH SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA
- NORTHERN WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA
- WESTERN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA
* UNTIL 525 PM CDT
* AT 433 PM CDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 16
MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW ROADS OR 8 MILES EAST OF ERWINVILLE
MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN AND NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
ERWINVILLE AT 456 PM CDT
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 10:40 AM CDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before
LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-240000- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1040 AM CDT TUE JUN 23 1998 MOIST UNSTABLE AIR REMAINS OVER THE REGION TODAY. ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAINLY SOUTH OF A BATON ROUGE TO SLIDELL LINE.
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 10:40 AM CDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before
LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-240000- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1040 AM CDT TUE JUN 23 1998 MOIST UNSTABLE AIR REMAINS OVER THE REGION TODAY. ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAINLY SOUTH OF A BATON ROUGE TO SLIDELL LINE.
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 11:00 AM CDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before
LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-250000- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1100 AM CDT TUE JUN 23 1998 MOIST UNSTABLE AIR REMAINS OVER THE REGION TODAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE WILL BE A MINIMAL RISK OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge | 50 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.