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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Lake Charles, LA

September 7, 2026Calcasieu Parish, Cameron Parish, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 2026, 6:00 PM CDT for Calcasieu Parish, Cameron Parish, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 20 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
Sep 7, 2026, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
Expired
Sep 7, 2026, 6:20 PM CDT
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Calcasieu Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 329 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2026-09-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2359 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2026-09-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2359 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
972 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.7

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 7, 2:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHSaint Martin30 min
Sep 7, 4:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAllen37 min
Sep 7, 4:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHRapides34 min
Sep 7, 4:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAvoyelles, Saint Landry32 min
Sep 7, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHRapides19 min
Sep 7, 5:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHVernon30 min
Sep 7, 5:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHRapides31 min
Sep 7, 5:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJefferson Davis35 min
Sep 7, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAvoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides47 min
Sep 7, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.