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Special Weather Statement — Southern Newton + 2 more areasSpecial Weather Statement — Southern Newton + 2 more areas

Completed official-source record with preserved facts and meaningful-change history. The final record does not infer impacts the source did not report.

StatusCompleted
Affected area / locationSouthern Newton; Northern Orange; Southern Orange
Record roleIncident record
Last meaningful change1 month ago
Last source check1 month ago
Official sourceNational Weather Service
FINAL RECORD

What the preserved official data shows

Automated factual summary

This Special Weather Statement left the National Weather Service active-alert feed after being preserved by Texas Hazard Watch. The official record named Southern Newton; Northern Orange; Southern Orange. Completion confirms the alert is no longer in the active feed; it does not by itself establish damage or other impacts.

First collected
Sep 22, 2026 · 4:50 PM CDT
Record completed
Sep 22, 2026 · 5:35 PM CDT
Monitored duration
45 minutes
Official severity
Moderate
Named areas
Southern Newton; Northern Orange; Southern Orange
Official expiration
Sep 22, 2026 · 5:30 PM CDT
Final monitor status
Left the active NWS alert feed
EXACT LOCATION & OFFICIAL GIS

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Record facts

Event
Special Weather Statement
Affected Texas areas
Southern Newton; Northern Orange; Southern Orange
Effective
2026-09-22T16:46:00-05:00
Expires
2026-09-22T17:30:00-05:00
Issuing authority
NWS Lake Charles LA
LATEST MEANINGFUL CHANGE

Completed

Official record ended or left the source’s active window.

Instructions preserved with the record

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

This record is completed. Check current official sources before acting.

Latest official-source information

At 446 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Forest Heights, or near Orange, moving southwest at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Orange, Vidor, Bridge City, West Orange, Pinehurst, Hartburg, Forest
Heights, and Orangefield.

This includes the following highways...
Interstate 10 in Texas between mile markers 880 and 865.
Interstate 10 in Louisiana near mile marker 2.

RECORDED TIMELINE

Meaningful official changes

2 meaningful changes

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  1. Record completedOfficial record ended or left the source’s active window.
  2. First recordedNew official record added to the monitor.

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