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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 9, 2026Hardin County, Jefferson County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2026, 7:05 PM CDT for Hardin County, Jefferson County, Texas. It was in force for 15 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 9, 2026, 7:05 PM CDT (00:05 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 2026, 7:20 PM CDT
In force: 15 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Hardin County, TX, Jefferson County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 270 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1502 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 858 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 2.7

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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 9, 6:48 PM CDT, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 6:48 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 9, 3:16 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
316 PM CDT Sat May 9 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0303 PM     Flash Flood      2 ENE Milton            30.12N 92.03W
05/09/2026                   Lafayette          LA   Public

            Reports of water over Verot School Rd. The
            nearby coulee has come out of its banks.

&&

MC

Special weather statement, May 9, 4:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
425 PM CDT Sat May 9 2026

LAZ027-TXZ260-092200-
Vernon LA-Northern Newton TX-
425 PM CDT Sat May 9 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN VERNON PARISH IN
WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND NORTHEASTERN NEWTON COUNTIES THROUGH 500
PM CDT...

At 424 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Burkeville, moving east at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch 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...
Burkeville, Burr Ferry, Mayflower, Stringtown, Wiergate, and Evans.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3107 9341 3087 9347 3086 9348 3088 9354
      3087 9356 3085 9356 3085 9357 3084 9356
      3092 9379 3110 9374
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 283DEG 14KT 3100 9369

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Kowalski

Special weather statement, May 9, 4:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
452 PM CDT Sat May 9 2026

TXZ516-615-616-092215-
Northern Orange TX-Lower Jefferson TX-Southern Orange TX-
452 PM CDT Sat May 9 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON AND
ORANGE COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM CDT...

At 452 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Rose City, or over Vidor, moving east at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch 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...
Beaumont, Port Arthur, Orange, Nederland, Port Neches, Vidor, Bridge
City, West Orange, Rose City, Pine Forest, Pinehurst, and
Orangefield.

This includes Interstate 10 in Texas between mile markers 878 and
859.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3018 9403 3019 9372 3000 9377 2999 9379
      2998 9378 2993 9379 3003 9408
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 277DEG 12KT 3013 9405

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Kowalski

Special weather statement, May 9, 5:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 9, 6:27 PM CDT, 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 9, 6:46 PM CDT, 19 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 10, 5:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Lafayette, Saint Martin	3 hr
May 9, 7:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Hardin	37 min
May 9, 7:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jefferson	22 min
May 9, 8:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Orange	28 min
May 10, 6:16 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.