845  
WWUS54 KLCH 150148  
SVSLCH  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA  
748 PM CST SAT FEB 14 2026  
 
LAC011-019-TXC199-241-245-351-361-150200-  
/O.CON.KLCH.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-260215T0200Z/  
BEAUREGARD LA-CALCASIEU LA-JEFFERSON TX-NEWTON TX-HARDIN TX-  
ORANGE TX-JASPER TX-  
748 PM CST SAT FEB 14 2026  
 
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST  
FOR SOUTHWESTERN BEAUREGARD AND NORTHWESTERN CALCASIEU PARISHES...  
NORTHERN JEFFERSON...SOUTHWESTERN NEWTON...EAST CENTRAL HARDIN...  
ORANGE AND SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTIES...  
 
AT 748 PM CST, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM NEAR DEVILS POCKET TO NEAR MAURICEVILLE TO NEAR  
BEAUMONT, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE  
HOMES, ROOFS, AND OUTBUILDINGS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
BEAUMONT, ORANGE, NEDERLAND, PORT NECHES, VIDOR, BRIDGE CITY,  
DEWEYVILLE, STARKS, CENTRAL GARDENS, MAURICEVILLE, BUNA, CHINA, ROSE  
CITY, PINE FOREST, LAKEVIEW, WEISS BLUFF, GIST, HARTBURG, FOREST  
HEIGHTS, AND ORANGEFIELD.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN  
TEXAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CST FOR  
SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA.  
 
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY  
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO A  
SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3028 9410 3052 9400 3043 9356 3014 9374  
2997 9399 3004 9434  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 293DEG 33KT 3046 9373 3020 9392 3002 9414  
 
TORNADO...POSSIBLE  
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH  
 
 
 
DENSON  
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