Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 19 at 8:52PM CDT until June 19 at 10:00PM CDT by NWS Lake Charles LA
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
June 19, 2026 - 6:52pm
Expires:
June 19, 2026 - 8:00pm
Description:
SVRLCH
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Rapides Parish in central Louisiana...
North central Evangeline Parish in central Louisiana...
Southwestern Avoyelles Parish in central Louisiana...
* Until 1000 PM CDT.
* At 852 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Lecompte, or
near Cheneyville, and is nearly stationary.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Bunkie, Cheneyville, Lecompte, Hessmer, Evergreen, Echo, Poland,
Woodworth, and Forest Hill.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Large hail, 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.
Area Description:
Avoyelles, LA; Evangeline, LA; Rapides, LA
Forcast Office:
NWS Lake Charles LA
Sender: