Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 22, 1998, 6:42 AM CST for Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 58 min. 3 reports 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
- Jan 22, 1998, 6:42 AM CST (12:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 22, 1998, 7:40 AM CST
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Terrebonne Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 7:15 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Montegut, LA | |
| Jan 22, 7:15 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Houma, LA | Thunderstorm wind gusts ripped shingles off a house roof, blew an awning off the house, and downed power lines. |
| Jan 22, 7:15 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Grand Caillou, LA | The Office of Emergency Management reported minor damage to three house roofs. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 2:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 528 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -283 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 1:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pointe Coupee | 34 min |
| Jan 22, 4:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington | 63 min |
| Jan 22, 4:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Ascension, Assumption, Iberville, Saint James | 63 min |
| Jan 22, 4:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Washington | 62 min |
| Jan 22, 5:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Terrebonne | 60 min |
| Jan 22, 1:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 33 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.