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Tornado Warning — Warned Area, LA — Feb 15, 2026

NWS LCH · ETN 2 · National Weather Service warning
Radar-indicated position & projected track

Event Summary

The National Weather Service office LCH issued a tornado warning at 02:02 UTC on Feb 15, 2026. The warning was in effect for 28 minutes, ending at Feb 15, 2026 02:30 UTC. At the last radar check, the storm was located near 30.17, -93.77, moving east at about 39 mph.

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Counties Affected

Towns in the Path

Storm Reports

TimeLocationCounty / StateEFRemarks
2 SSE Carlyss Calcasieu, LA UNK The tornado started just east of 108 and just south of the Vincent Settlement elemetary school crossed over Oak Lake Drive just north of Moss Lake where mostly tree dam (LCH)
3 SSE Lake Charles Calcasieu, LA UNK Tornado touched down west of Hwy 14 on Pinewood Drive where minor damage was observed to mobile homes. It continued southeast across HWY 14... damaging several large li (LCH)

Preliminary local storm reports (SPC) within the warned area window — subject to revision after NWS surveys.

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