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

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

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

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.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3121 9214 3093 9208 3094 9228 3097 9228
      3096 9233 3097 9233 3097 9234 3098 9235
      3098 9236 3099 9236 3099 9238 3100 9238
      3100 9239 3114 9243
TIME...MOT...LOC 0222Z 268DEG 3KT 3106 9232 

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

$$