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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 22, 20264 parishes in Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at May 22, 2026, 7:59 PM CDT for 4 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 22, 2026, 7:59 PM CDT (00:59 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2026, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Iberia Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, St. Mary Parish, LA

The radar

The Hammond radar (KHDC), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 305 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2026-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 910 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2026-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
910 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1408 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.7

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 flash flood warning went out at May 22, 6:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 22, 6:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 22, 2:02 PM CDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 22, 5:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 22, 6:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 22, 7:36 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 7:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHSaint Martin39 min
May 22, 8:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHSaint Martin30 min
May 23, 4:01 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH59 min
May 23, 4:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHSt. Mary51 min
May 23, 4:59 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH61 min
May 23, 5:55 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH95 min
May 23, 6:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHSt. Mary49 min
May 23, 7:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHVermilion42 min
May 23, 7:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHSt. Mary63 min
May 23, 7:40 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH95 min
May 23, 7:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCameron41 min
May 23, 8:13 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH32 min
May 23, 8:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHLafayette23 min
May 23, 8:29 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH61 min
May 23, 8:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCalcasieu, Cameron39 min
May 23, 9:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHBeauregard, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis45 min
May 23, 9:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLCHAllen, Beauregard, Vernon63 min
May 23, 9:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCalcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis33 min
May 23, 9:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis52 min
May 23, 9:32 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH58 min
May 23, 9:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHIberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary3 hr
May 23, 9:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJefferson Davis36 min
May 23, 10:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon38 min
May 23, 10:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHRapides, Vernon31 min
May 23, 10:24 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH96 min
May 23, 10:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHBeauregard, Vernon3 hr
May 23, 10:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHRapides20 min
May 23, 10:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHLafayette, Vermilion5 days
May 23, 10:48 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH57 min
May 23, 10:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAvoyelles35 min
May 23, 11:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAvoyelles32 min
May 23, 11:46 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH59 min
May 23, 12:36 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH54 min
May 23, 12:47 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH58 min
May 23, 1:08 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH37 min
May 23, 2:16 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH59 min
May 23, 4:57 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH33 min
May 23, 5:27 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH33 min
May 23, 5:30 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH60 min
May 23, 6:06 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH54 min
May 23, 7:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJefferson45 min
May 23, 8:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJasper, Newton, Tyler33 min
May 23, 8:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHOrange30 min
May 23, 8:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJasper, Newton, Tyler43 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.