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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
906 PM CDT Fri Jun 19 2026

LAC009-039-079-200300-
/O.CON.KLCH.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-260620T0300Z/
Rapides LA-Evangeline LA-Avoyelles LA-
906 PM CDT Fri Jun 19 2026

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN RAPIDES...NORTH CENTRAL EVANGELINE AND SOUTHWESTERN
AVOYELLES PARISHES...

At 906 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.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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LAT...LON 3095 9252 3113 9253 3121 9214 3093 9208
TIME...MOT...LOC 0206Z 268DEG 3KT 3106 9234 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

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