Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS New Orleans, LA

Issued

Feb 10, 1998, 9:02 PM CST (03:02 UTC)

Expired

Feb 10, 1998, 10:05 PM CST

In force

63 min

Issued by

NWS New Orleans, LA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Saint Tammany Parish, LA, Washington Parish, 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.

552 
WUUS1 KNEW 110304 RRA
SVRNEW
LAC051-057-071-089-103-117-110405-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
902 PM CST TUE FEB 10 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS LA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1005 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA

   ...WASHINGTON PARISH
   ...ST TAMMANY PARISH
   ...ST CHARLES PARISH
   ...JEFFERSON PARISH
   ...ORLEANS PARISH
   ...LAFOURCHE PARISH

AT 9 PM CST RARAR SHOWED A LINE OF NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING
FROM JUST EAST OF KENTWOOD SOUTH TO LAKE MAUREPAS TO JUST WEST OF
HOUMA THEN DOWN TO THE GULF OF MEXICO MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN
HOUR.



A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 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.