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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Shreveport, LA

February 19, 1998Bienville Parish, Webster Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 19, 1998, 6:51 PM CST for Bienville Parish, Webster Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 64 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
Feb 19, 1998, 6:51 PM CST (00:51 UTC)
Expired
Feb 19, 1998, 7:55 PM CST
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bienville Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 19, 7:05 PM CSTHail 1.75Ringgold, LA
Feb 19, 7:08 PM CSTHail 1.75Doyline, 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 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, 6:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBossier60 min
Feb 19, 7:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville35 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.