Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 30, 1999Beauregard Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 1999, 3:28 PM CDT for Beauregard Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 47 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
May 30, 1999, 3:28 PM CDT (20:28 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 1999, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Beauregard Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 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
May 30, 3:35 PM CDTThunderstorm WindDe Ridder, 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 Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 2:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHEvangeline, Saint Landry62 min
May 30, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCalcasieu61 min
May 30, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHIberia29 min
May 30, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHVermilion62 min
May 30, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCalcasieu65 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999

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.