Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 16
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jan 21, 1998, 8:00 PM CST for 26 parishes in Louisiana; 15 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 21, 1998, 8:00 PM CST (02:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 22, 1998, 2:00 AM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 41 counties
Acadia Parish, LA, Allen Parish, LA, Ascension Parish, LA, Assumption Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Iberia Parish, LA, Iberville Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Livingston Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, Saint Helena Parish, LA, Saint James Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, St. Mary Parish, LA, Tangipahoa Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA, Washington Parish, LA, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA, Brazoria County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Hardin County, TX, Harris County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Jefferson County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Matagorda County, TX, Newton County, TX, Orange County, TX, Polk County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, Tyler County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:59 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.
Warnings issued inside it
32 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 8:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria | 65 min |
| Jan 21, 8:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers, Liberty | 65 min |
| Jan 21, 8:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Galveston, Harris | 62 min |
| Jan 21, 8:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 55 min |
| Jan 21, 8:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 35 min |
| Jan 21, 9:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 34 min |
| Jan 21, 9:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 62 min |
| Jan 21, 9:34 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Chambers | 3 hr |
| Jan 21, 9:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen | 62 min |
| Jan 21, 9:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers | 35 min |
| Jan 21, 9:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 61 min |
| Jan 21, 9:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Newton | 49 min |
| Jan 21, 9:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 63 min |
| Jan 21, 9:51 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 3 hr |
| Jan 21, 10:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 65 min |
| Jan 21, 10:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris | 33 min |
| Jan 21, 10:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Orange | 63 min |
| Jan 21, 10:36 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Chambers | 64 min |
| Jan 21, 10:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers | 64 min |
| Jan 21, 10:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers | 67 min |
| Jan 21, 10:53 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 2 hr |
| Jan 21, 10:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 65 min |
| Jan 21, 11:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron | 64 min |
| Jan 21, 11:14 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 2 hr |
| Jan 21, 11:24 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Orange | 2 hr |
| Jan 21, 11:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Jefferson Davis | 64 min |
| Jan 21, 11:50 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 2 hr |
| Jan 22, 12:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron | 64 min |
| Jan 22, 12:33 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Chambers, Harris | 4 hr |
| Jan 22, 1:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 47 min |
| Jan 22, 1:53 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 2 hr |
| Jan 22, 1:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pointe Coupee | 34 min |
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 2:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Acadia, Ascension, Assumption, Calcasieu, Cameron, Iberia and 15 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.