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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 120, NWS Shreveport, LA

March 7, 1998De Soto Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 1998, 9:45 AM CST for De Soto Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report 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: Mar 7, 1998, 9:45 AM CST (15:45 UTC)
Expired: Mar 7, 1998, 10:35 AM CST
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Whole counties

County De Soto Parish, LA

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 7, 9:55 AM CST	Hail 0.75	Mansfield, 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 7, 8:45 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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.

NWS Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 7, 9:45 AM CST, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 7, 9:45 AM CST, 0 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 7, 6:15 AM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
615 AM CST SAT MAR 07 1998

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....

0115 AM    5 SE MONROE               LA   .75 INCH HAIL
03/07/98   OUACHITA

0315 AM    2 SW QUITMAN              TX   .75 INCH HAIL
03/07/98   WOOD

0523 AM    5 W MOUNT VERNON          TX   1.5 INCH HAIL
03/07/98   FRANKLIN

0535 AM    ROGERS                    LA   4.5 INCH HAIL
03/07/98   LA SALLE                       SOFTBALL SIZE HAIL DAMAGED
                                          CARS...INCLUDING BREAKING
                                          OF CAR WINDOWS

0540 AM    NEBO                      LA   2.75 INCH HAIL
03/07/98   LA SALLE                       BASEBALL SIZE HAIL

0550 AM    1 E JENA                  LA   2.75 INCH HAIL
03/07/98   LA SALLE                       BASEBALL SIZE HAIL

Local storm report, Mar 7, 6:15 AM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
615 AM CST SAT MAR 07 1998

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....

0115 AM    5 SE MONROE               LA   .75 INCH HAIL
03/07/98   OUACHITA

0315 AM    2 SW QUITMAN              TX   .75 INCH HAIL
03/07/98   WOOD

0523 AM    5 W MOUNT VERNON          TX   1.5 INCH HAIL
03/07/98   FRANKLIN

0535 AM    ROGERS                    LA   4.5 INCH HAIL
03/07/98   LA SALLE                       SOFTBALL SIZE HAIL DAMAGED
                                          CARS...INCLUDING BREAKING
                                          OF CAR WINDOWS

0540 AM    NEBO                      LA   2.75 INCH HAIL
03/07/98   LA SALLE                       BASEBALL SIZE HAIL

0550 AM    1 E JENA                  LA   2.75 INCH HAIL
03/07/98   LA SALLE                       BASEBALL SIZE HAIL

Local storm report, Mar 7, 9:14 AM CST, 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 7, 9:43 AM CST, 2 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 7, 9:43 AM CST, 2 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 6, 10:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	San Augustine	31 min
Mar 7, 3:08 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Wood	32 min
Mar 7, 4:23 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cass	47 min
Mar 7, 5:14 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Franklin	46 min
Mar 7, 7:48 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Angelina	47 min
Mar 7, 8:20 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	Angelina	50 min
Mar 7, 8:44 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Sabine, San Augustine	46 min
Mar 7, 10:11 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Shelby	49 min
Mar 7, 1:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Marion	37 min
Mar 6, 6:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Natchitoches	49 min
Mar 7, 12:54 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Ouachita	51 min
Mar 7, 5:28 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	LaSalle	62 min
Mar 7, 7:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Grant	50 min
Mar 7, 7:07 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	LaSalle	48 min
Mar 7, 7:40 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Winn	35 min
Mar 7, 7:52 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Jackson	48 min
Mar 7, 8:47 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville	63 min
Mar 7, 9:07 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Sabine	63 min
Mar 7, 10:52 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Claiborne, Union	33 min
Mar 7, 11:17 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	LaSalle	33 min
Mar 7, 5:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Sabine	49 min
Mar 7, 8:28 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Howard	32 min
Mar 7, 11:02 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Union	48 min
Mar 7, 11:33 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Little River, Sevier	62 min
Mar 7, 12:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Hempstead	32 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 1998 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.