1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Damage path consisted of numerous snapped and fallen limbs. Several dozen small trees were also flattened in a convergent pattern toward the east. The damage path was in a wooded region far from any population with no structures present.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Louisiana in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Louisiana, 1998Warnings in Louisiana, January 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5627661.