Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 319, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 1998, 4:46 PM CDT for Bowie County, Texas. It was in force for 34 min. 2 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
- Aug 3, 1998, 4:46 PM CDT (21:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 1998, 5:20 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bowie County, TX
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 5:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 70 | New Boston, TX | Outbuilding destroyed by wind. |
| Aug 3, 5:10 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 | New Boston, TX | Trees and powerlines down. |
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 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 Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Marion | 36 min |
| Aug 3, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Harrison | 34 min |
| Aug 3, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Red River | 34 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.