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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 8, 2026Vernon Parish, Louisiana; Newton County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2026, 8:48 PM CDT for Vernon Parish, Louisiana; Newton County, Texas. It was in force for 57 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: May 8, 2026, 8:48 PM CDT (01:48 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2026, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Vernon Parish, LA, Newton County, TX

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:51 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 May 8, 6:48 PM CDT, 2 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 6:48 PM CDT, 2 hours before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 8, 4:58 PM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 8, 7:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 8, 7:57 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 8, 9:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Landry	28 min
May 8, 9:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Beauregard	40 min
May 8, 10:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Allen	50 min
May 8, 11:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen, Evangeline	46 min
May 8, 11:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Evangeline, Saint Landry	47 min
May 9, 12:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Saint Landry	37 min
May 9, 3:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Rapides	41 min
May 9, 8:09 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		66 min
May 9, 9:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, Vermilion	7 hr
May 9, 10:12 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin	6 days
May 9, 10:12 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Lafayette, Vermilion	12 days
May 9, 11:43 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary, Vermilion	4 hr
May 9, 1:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Lafayette, Saint Martin, Vermilion	4 hr
May 8, 7:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jasper	44 min
May 8, 7:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jasper, Newton	48 min
May 9, 4:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Newton	35 min
May 9, 4:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Orange	23 min
May 9, 5:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jasper	42 min
May 9, 6:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Tyler	33 min
May 9, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Tyler	35 min
May 9, 6:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Hardin	29 min

Nearby

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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.