Moderate thunderstorm warning — Charente was recorded by Global Incident Tracker on Sunday, 23 August 2026 at 14:00 UTC. The event is classified as a storm incident with a severity rating of Moderate, and was detected through METEOALARM.
Official severe-weather warning issued by the national meteorological service of France for Charente. Warning level: Moderate. Valid from 2026-08-23T14:00 to 2026-08-23T22:00. Distributed through Meteoalarm, the European weather warning network.
Where this happened
The incident is located in France (Europe), whose capital is Paris. Historically, France is most affected by floods, wildfires, heatwaves and storms. You can follow every incident recorded in this country, updated live, on the France incident tracker.
Approximate coordinates of the reported event are 46.200°, 2.200°. The marker on the map above shows this position; for news-derived reports the location reflects the place named in media coverage and may represent a district or city rather than an exact site.
Understanding storm events
Severe thunderstorms, windstorms, hail and winter storms. Severe storms combine wind, lightning, hail and sudden downpours. Secondary effects — falling trees, power line damage and flash flooding on roads — cause the majority of injuries.
How severity is rated
Global Incident Tracker rates every event on a four-step scale — Minor, Moderate, Severe and Extreme — derived from the source signal: earthquake magnitude, official GDACS alert colour, or the volume of independent media reporting for news-derived incidents. This event is currently rated Moderate. Ratings can change as more information becomes available, and a rating is a monitoring signal rather than an official government assessment.
Safety guidance for storm situations
- Move indoors and away from windows; avoid sheltering under trees.
- Unplug sensitive electronics and avoid using wired equipment during lightning.
- Assume every downed power line is live and keep well clear.
- Do not drive through flooded underpasses.
- Follow only official instructions from local authorities and emergency services — this page is a monitoring record, not an emergency alert.
Data and verification
This record was generated automatically from METEOALARM and de-duplicated against our archive. Early reports for any incident can be revised: locations get refined, magnitudes are recalculated and impact figures change as assessments arrive. We deliberately do not publish casualty numbers unless an official source states them. The original source report is linked at the top of this page.
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Timeline and sources
Official warning
Issued by Meteoalarm (EUMETNET). A warning or forecast describes a hazard; on its own it is not a report that harm occurred.
How statuses are decided · the number of reports is never treated as confirmation.
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· received · event time 23 Aug 2026, 14:00 UTCFirst report Official warning
First recorded from Meteoalarm (EUMETNET).
Times are when this site received each report, in UTC; the event time is shown where the source gave one. Copies of one syndicated story count as one report.
Conditions at the time
No rainfall was recorded that day, and the temperature peaked at 28°C. Conditions are shown for context only — they do not establish a cause.
Weather reanalysis for this location and date via Open-Meteo.