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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA

July 6, 2026Vernon Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at Jul 6, 2026, 7:13 PM CDT for Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 6, 2026, 7:13 PM CDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2026, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
55

County Vernon Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 144 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2026-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 25 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2026-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -45 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
25 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-332 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1747 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
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, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHBeauregard, Vernon44 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

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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.