Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS New Orleans, LA

Issued

Jan 7, 1998, 1:13 AM CST (07:13 UTC)

Expired

Jan 7, 1998, 1:45 AM CST

In force

32 min

Issued by

NWS New Orleans, LA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Saint Tammany Parish, LA, Hancock County, MS

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.

843 
WUUS1 KNEW 070714 RRA
SVRNEW
GMZ530-555-LAC103-MSC045-070745-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
113 AM CST WED JAN 7 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS LA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA

   ...ST TAMMANY PARISH AND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN

IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

   ...HANCOCK COUNTY AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS

AT 110 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR IN SLIDELL INDICATED A CLUSTER OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER LAKE PONTCHARTAIN AND NEAR THE COAST OF
HANCOCK COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY SPREAD ACROSS ST
TAMMANY PARISH AND HANCOCK COUNTY.



IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 1998Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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.