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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2026, 10:37 PM CDT for Beauregard Parish, Louisiana; Newton County, Texas. It was in force for 23 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
- Apr 29, 2026, 10:37 PM CDT (03:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2026, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Beauregard Parish, LA, Newton County, TX
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Apr 29, 6:13 PM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 6:13 PM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Apr 29, 7:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides | 26 min |
| Apr 29, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard | 23 min |
| Apr 29, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 32 min |
| Apr 29, 11:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 28 min |
| Apr 29, 11:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 34 min |
| Apr 30, 9:01 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | LCH | Calcasieu | 11 hr |
| Apr 30, 12:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 30 min |
| Apr 30, 12:41 PM CDT | Flood Watch | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Iberia and 6 more | 32 hr |
| Apr 30, 12:48 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 54 hr | |
| Apr 30, 1:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia | 47 min |
| Apr 30, 2:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Lafayette | 38 min |
| Apr 30, 3:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Lafayette | 45 min |
| Apr 30, 4:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Lafayette | 111 min |
| Apr 29, 10:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Newton | 28 min |
| Apr 29, 11:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Newton | 26 min |
| Apr 29, 11:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Newton | 29 min |
| Apr 30, 1:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.