Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 18 at 10:54AM CDT until June 18 at 12:00PM CDT by NWS Lake Charles LA
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
June 18, 2026 - 8:54am
Expires:
June 18, 2026 - 10:00am
Description:
SVRLCH
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southern Avoyelles Parish in central Louisiana...
* Until noon CDT.
* At 1054 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over
Plaucheville, or near Moreauville, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Bunkie, Simmesport, Moreauville, Cottonport, Mansura, Hessmer,
Evergreen, Plaucheville, Goudeau, Dupont, and Hamburg.
Instruction:
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into a
small central room in a sturdy structure.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Damaging wind and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring
with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of
nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are
close enough to be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Area Description:
Avoyelles, LA
Forcast Office:
NWS Lake Charles LA
Sender: