Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, May 1998
30 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 1998. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 30
- Busiest day
- May 3, 199815 severe thunderstorm warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 4:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville | 46 min |
| May 2, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 63 min |
| May 3, 12:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 47 min |
| May 3, 12:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Webster | 47 min |
| May 3, 12:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Claiborne | 47 min |
| May 3, 1:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier | 49 min |
| May 3, 1:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville | 49 min |
| May 3, 1:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Lincoln | 65 min |
| May 3, 1:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Morehouse | 47 min |
| May 3, 1:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville | 51 min |
| May 3, 1:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Claiborne, Webster | 47 min |
| May 3, 2:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Red River | 47 min |
| May 3, 2:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Richland | 30 min |
| May 3, 2:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Ouachita | 32 min |
| May 3, 2:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Webster | 48 min |
| May 3, 2:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 49 min |
| May 26, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Claiborne | 32 min |
| May 26, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll | 25 min |
| May 26, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Red River | 64 min |
| May 26, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | De Soto | 50 min |
| May 27, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caddo | 48 min |
| May 27, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier | 49 min |
| May 27, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caddo | 35 min |
| May 28, 3:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caddo | 48 min |
| May 28, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge | 35 min |
| May 28, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | West Carroll | 48 min |
| May 28, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pointe Coupee | 32 min |
| May 28, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | West Feliciana | 48 min |
| May 28, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pointe Coupee | 62 min |
| May 29, 12:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Tensas | 33 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Caddo Parish5
- Bossier Parish4
- Bienville Parish3
- Webster Parish3
- Claiborne Parish3
- Red River Parish2
- Madison Parish2
- Pointe Coupee Parish2
- Lincoln Parish1
- Morehouse Parish1
- Natchitoches Parish1
- Richland Parish1
- Ouachita Parish1
- East Carroll Parish1
- De Soto Parish1
- East Baton Rouge Parish1
- West Carroll Parish1
- West Feliciana Parish1
- Tensas Parish1
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.