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Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 24 at 3:38PM CDT until August 24 at 4:45PM CDT by NWS Lake Charles LA
This is a severe-significance severe thunderstorm warning event affecting Iberia, LA; St. Martin, LA; St. Mary, LA, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 675,647 acres
- Began
- To end
Hazard details
- Max wind gust
- 60 MPH
- Max hail size
- Up to .75″
Damage signals as reported by NOAA / National Weather Service — verbatim, not an estimate.
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Affected area map
The shaded area is the affected-area perimeter reported for this event by NOAA / National Weather Service (Iberia, LA; St. Martin, LA; St. Mary, LA), colored by hazard type. Pan and zoom to explore the map; when more than one observation exists, use the slider below to step through how the reported area changed.
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Iberia, LA; St. Martin, LA; St. Mary, LA · ≈ 1,100 sq mi reported extent · Enable JavaScript to explore the map.
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Latest updates
Official updates and news coverage for this event, newest first — National Weather Service products, local storm reports, incident updates and press headlines. Official items are verbatim government text; news headlines link out to the original outlet.
- Storm report NWS LCH storm report
TSTM WND GST (58 MPH) — 2 ESE Lafayette, LA
ASOS station KLFT Lafayette.
- Storm report NWS LIX storm report
TSTM WND DMG — 4 NNE Norco, LA
EM reported an 18-wheeler overturned on I-10 westbound due to strong winds from thunderstorms.
- Storm report NWS LIX storm report
TSTM WND GST (43 MPH) — 4 ENE Metairie, LA
Municipal Yacht Harbor Weatherstem station reported a 43 mph wind gust from thunderstorms.
- Storm report NWS LIX storm report
MARINE TSTM WIND (43 MPH) — 4 ENE Metairie, LA
Corrects previous tstm wnd gst report from 4 ENE Metairie. Municipal Yacht Harbor Weatherstem station reported a 43 mph wind gust from thunderstorms.
Show 7 earlier updates
- NWS LIX storm report Storm report
- NWS Lake Charles LA Bulletin
- KJLU 88.9 FM News
- KLFY.com News
- AOL.com News
- NOLA.com News
- KLFY.com News
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NOAA / National Weather Service ↗.