Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 19 at 9:22PM CDT until June 19 at 10:00PM CDT by NWS Lake Charles LA
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
June 19, 2026 - 7:22pm
Expires:
June 19, 2026 - 8:00pm
Description:
At 922 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 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, and Poland.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is 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; Rapides, LA
Forcast Office:
NWS Lake Charles LA
Sender: