The damage in northeast Louisiana was caused by a very intense bow echo which had moved across much of south Louisiana earlier in the morning. Widespread damage occurred all along this line of intense storm.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS JAN wrote it up.
The damage in northeast Louisiana was caused by a very intense bow echo which had moved across much of south Louisiana earlier in the morning. Widespread damage occurred all along this line of intense storm. The line/bow echo moved across the Mississippi River and cause more damage in Mississippi.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Two mobile homes were overturned. Two injuries occurred in one of the mobile homes. Many trees were blown down.
A rodeo arena was destroyed. A church was blown off of its foundation. An eighteen-wheeler was blown 150 feet off the highway.
The roofs of several houses were blown off. Many houses had shingles blown off of the roofs. Numerous trees were blown down.
The roof of a bowling alley was completely blown off.
Many houses had roof damage. Three farm sheds were destroyed. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down throughout the county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Louisiana in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, February 1998
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5631012, 5631016, 5631013, 5631017, 5631015, 5631014.