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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2025, 3:57 PM CDT for Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 2025, 3:57 PM CDT (20:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2025, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Avoyelles Parish, LA
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 228 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1474 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 737 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 8, 6:25 AM CDT, 9 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 6:25 AM CDT, 9 hours 32 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 2:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
226 PM CDT Sun Jun 8 2025
LAZ029-082000-
Avoyelles LA-
226 PM CDT Sun Jun 8 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN AVOYELLES PARISH
THROUGH 300 PM CDT...
At 226 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Big Bend, or near Simmesport, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Simmesport, Bordelonville, and Big Bend.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 3117 9168 3116 9170 3114 9172 3112 9172
3110 9170 3109 9172 3107 9171 3104 9173
3099 9178 3098 9180 3095 9181 3094 9188
3112 9192 3119 9168
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 257DEG 31KT 3105 9182
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
JonesSpecial weather statement, Jun 8, 3:16 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
316 PM CDT Sun Jun 8 2025
LAZ029-082045-
Avoyelles LA-
316 PM CDT Sun Jun 8 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL AVOYELLES PARISH THROUGH
345 PM CDT...
At 316 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Hessmer, or near Marksville, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to vegetation and outdoor
objects is possible.
Locations impacted include...
Marksville, Moreauville, Bordelonville, Cottonport, Mansura, Hessmer,
and Hamburg.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 3116 9187 3098 9188 3103 9222 3111 9223
3114 9223 3114 9222 3115 9223 3117 9223
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 272DEG 16KT 3109 9212
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
JonesThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 2:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles | 34 min |
| Jun 8, 3:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles | 29 min |
| Jun 8, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 28 min |
| Jun 8, 4:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles | 43 min |
| Jun 8, 4:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles | 35 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.