Louisiana, 1998

Tornado in Louisiana, September 11, 1998

September 11, 1998 · NWS LCH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A small tornado associated with an outer rainband of Tropical Storm Frances touched down west of Lake Arthur. One home had several windows blown out and a wall damaged, and a camp next door was completely destroyed.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$75,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS LCH wrote it up.

A small tornado associated with an outer rainband of Tropical Storm Frances touched down west of Lake Arthur. One home had several windows blown out and a wall damaged, and a camp next door was completely destroyed. Debris from the camp was strewn across a field for over a half mile.

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 45 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:55 UTC.

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1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Jefferson Davis

When
September 11, 9:55 AM CST
Where
Jefferson Davis County, 4 mi W of Lake Arthur
Rating
F1
Path length
1 mi
Path width
10 yd
Property damage
$75,000
Reported by
NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates
30.080, -92.750

What these are

Tornado
A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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Sources

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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5667890.