⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Watch – Acadia, LA; Allen, LA; Avoyelles, LA; Beauregard, LA; Calcasieu, LA; Evangeline, LA; Jefferson Davis, LA; Lafayette, LA; Rapides, LA; St. Landry, LA; Vernon, LA; Jasper, TX; Newton, TX; Tyler, TX – Friday, August 21, 2026

Event	Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Severity	Severe
Urgency	Future
Certainty	Possible
Area	Acadia, LA; Allen, LA; Avoyelles, LA; Beauregard, LA; Calcasieu, LA; Evangeline, LA; Jefferson Davis, LA; Lafayette, LA; Rapides, LA; St. Landry, LA; Vernon, LA; Jasper, TX; Newton, TX; Tyler, TX
Effective	8/21/2026, 3:28:00 PM CDT
Expires	8/21/2026, 9:00:00 PM CDT

Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 21 at 3:28PM CDT until August 21 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS Lake Charles LA

Details

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
611 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN LOUISIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 11 PARISHES

IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA

AVOYELLES EVANGELINE RAPIDES
ST. LANDRY

IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA

LAFAYETTE

IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA

ACADIA ALLEN BEAUREGARD
CALCASIEU JEFFERSON DAVIS

IN WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA

VERNON

IN TEXAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES

IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

JASPER NEWTON TYLER

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALEXANDRIA, BEAVER, BLEAKWOOD,
BRANCH, BUNA, BUNDICK LAKE, BUNKIE, BURKEVILLE, CALL,
CHURCH POINT, COTTONPORT, CROWLEY, DE RIDDER, EFFIE, EUNICE,
FARRSVILLE, FIELDS, FORT POLK, FRED, GIST, HATHAWAY, HILLISTER,
HOLLY SPRINGS, IVANHOE, JAMESTOWN, JASPER, JENNINGS, KINDER,
KIRBYVILLE, LAFAYETTE, LAKE ARTHUR, LAKE CHARLES, LAWTELL,
LEESVILLE, MAGNOLIA SPRINGS, MAMOU, MANSURA, MARKSVILLE,
MT. UNION, NEWTON, OAKDALE, OPELOUSAS, ORETTA, PICKERING,
PINEVILLE, RAYNE, REDDELL, RICHARD, ROANOKE, SIMMESPORT, SLAGLE,
SPURGER, ST. LANDRY, SULPHUR, TOPSY, TOWN BLUFF, VILLE PLATTE,
WARREN, WELSH, WIERGATE, AND WOODVILLE.

This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.