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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Lake Charles, LA

July 7, 2026Beauregard Parish, Vernon Parish, Louisiana; Newton County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2026, 3:01 PM CDT for Beauregard Parish, Vernon Parish, Louisiana; Newton County, Texas. It was in force for 44 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
Jul 7, 2026, 3:01 PM CDT (20:01 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2026, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Beauregard Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Newton County, TX

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 7:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHVernon32 min
Jul 6, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHRapides, Vernon24 min
Jul 6, 7:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHRapides, Vernon50 min
Jul 6, 8:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAvoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon27 min
Jul 6, 9:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAllen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Rapides, Vernon27 min
Jul 7, 12:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJefferson Davis27 min
Jul 7, 12:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJefferson Davis32 min
Jul 7, 1:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCalcasieu25 min
Jul 7, 2:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHBeauregard34 min
Jul 7, 2:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHLafayette27 min
Jul 7, 2:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHSaint Landry, Saint Martin54 min
Jul 7, 4:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHVernon36 min
Jul 7, 5:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHRapides34 min
Jul 7, 10:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHOrange36 min
Jul 7, 2:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHNewton28 min
Jul 7, 3:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJasper50 min
Jul 7, 4:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHNewton30 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.