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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2026, 11:14 PM CDT for Allen Parish, Evangeline Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 46 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, 11:14 PM CDT (04:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2026, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Allen Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:13 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, 4 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 8, 6:48 PM CDT, 4 hours 26 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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| May 8, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 57 min |
| 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, 11:58 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 |
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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.