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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Lake Charles, LA

August 21, 20264 parishes in Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 21, 2026, 7:32 PM CDT for 4 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 43 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: Aug 21, 2026, 7:32 PM CDT (00:32 UTC)
Expired: Aug 21, 2026, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Acadia Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 21, 3:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 21, 7:19 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 21, 7:21 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 21, 7:30 PM CDT, 2 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
Aug 21, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin	45 min
Aug 21, 7:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Landry	26 min
Aug 21, 7:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Martin	24 min
Aug 21, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary	46 min
Aug 21, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Iberia, Vermilion	43 min
Aug 21, 7:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Rapides	34 min
Aug 21, 8:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jefferson Davis	24 min
Aug 21, 8:10 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		95 min
Aug 21, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary	47 min
Aug 21, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion	44 min
Aug 21, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Cameron, Iberia, Vermilion	37 min
Aug 21, 9:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Iberia, St. Mary, Vermilion	42 min
Aug 21, 9:41 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		64 min
Aug 22, 11:37 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	LCH	Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 10 more	32 hr
Aug 22, 1:07 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		53 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.