Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS New Orleans, LA

Issued

Feb 26, 1998, 9:18 AM CST (15:18 UTC)

Expired

Feb 26, 1998, 10:30 AM CST

In force

72 min

Issued by

NWS New Orleans, LA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, West Feliciana 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.

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TTAA00 KNEW 261518 RRA
SVRNEW
LAC005-033-034-037-047-121-125-MSC005-157-261630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
918 AM CST THU FEB 26 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS LA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA

   ...POINTE COUPEE PARISH
   ...WEST FELICIANA PARISH
   ...EAST FELICIANA PARISH
   ...WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH
   ...EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH
   ...IBERVILLE PARISH
   ...ASCENSION PARISH

IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

   ...WILKINSON COUNTY
   ...WESTERN AMITE COUNTY

AT 915 AM CST...A SOLID LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED
BY DOPPLER RADAR EXTENDING FROM WESTERN ST. LANDRY PARISH NEAR
OPELOUSAS SOUTH TO NEAR LAFAYETTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MILES AN
HOUR. STRONG WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR WILL LIKELY
AFFECT THE WARNED COUNTIES AND PARISHES INCLUDING THE GREATER BATON
RAOUGE AREA BETWEEN 930 AND 1030 AM.



THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO JA SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

In the hours before

LAZ038>040-049-050-056>070-MSZ077-080>082-270000-

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
915 AM CST THU FEB 26 1998

A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PUSHING EAST AT 45 MPH.
THIS LINE WILL PUSH INTO SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA THROUGH
AROUND NOON TODAY. EXPECT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM GUSTS...HAIL...AND
POSSIBLE TORNADOS WITH THIS LINE.

KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL AND CABLE TELEVISION
STATIONS.L..AND LOCAL RADIO FOR THE LATEST WATCHES AND WARNINGS
FOR THIS LINE. YOU CAN ALSO VISIT OUR HOME PAGE AT:
                  WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/FTPROOT/LIX.

LAZ038>040-049-050-056>070-MSZ077-080>082-270000-

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
915 AM CST THU FEB 26 1998

A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PUSHING EAST AT 45 MPH.
THIS LINE WILL PUSH INTO SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA THROUGH
AROUND NOON TODAY. EXPECT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM GUSTS...HAIL...AND
POSSIBLE TORNADOS WITH THIS LINE.

KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL AND CABLE TELEVISION
STATIONS.L..AND LOCAL RADIO FOR THE LATEST WATCHES AND WARNINGS
FOR THIS LINE. YOU CAN ALSO VISIT OUR HOME PAGE AT:
                  WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/FTPROOT/LIX.

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.