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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Shreveport, LA

February 19, 1998Caddo Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 19, 1998, 5:42 PM CST for Caddo Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 58 min. 6 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
Feb 19, 1998, 5:42 PM CST (23:42 UTC)
Expired
Feb 19, 1998, 6:40 PM CST
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Caddo Parish, LA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 19, 6:00 PM CSTHail 1Mooringsport, LA
Feb 19, 6:05 PM CSTHail 0.75Shreveport, LA
Feb 19, 6:07 PM CSTHail 1.5Shreveport, LANumerous vehicles suffered hail damage in southwest Shreveport.
Feb 19, 6:07 PM CSTHail 1.5Shreveport, LA
Feb 19, 6:07 PM CSTHail 1.75Shreveport, LA
Feb 19, 6:10 PM CSTHail 1.75Shreveport, 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 nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 281 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 1998-02-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 1998-02-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1296 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 19, 4:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCass, Marion47 min
Feb 19, 5:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVMarion46 min
Feb 19, 4:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVLaSalle48 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.