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WFUS54 KLCH 101234
TORLCH
LAC009-039-097-099-101300-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0019.240410T1234Z-240410T1300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
734 AM CDT WED APR 10 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL EVANGELINE PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN AVOYELLES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
NORTHWESTERN ST. MARTIN PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
ST. LANDRY PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 800 AM CDT.
* AT 734 AM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BOTH
TORNADOES AND EXTENSIVE STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR INDIAN LAKE TO WASHINGTON TO
LEONVILLE, MOVING EAST AT 90 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
KROTZ SPRINGS, PALMETTO, MORROW, PORT BARRE, BIG CANE, GOUDEAU,
AND LEBEAU AROUND 740 AM CDT.
MELVILLE, BAYOU CURRENT, AND DUPONT AROUND 745 AM CDT.
SIMMESPORT AROUND 750 AM CDT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 49 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 9 AND 45.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS, IN A MOBILE
HOME, OR IN A VEHICLE, MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3104 9173 3098 9180 3087 9180 3086 9182
3084 9180 3081 9181 3078 9177 3071 9173
3067 9173 3057 9176 3051 9173 3050 9175
3050 9170 3044 9164 3039 9163 3041 9198
3037 9208 3059 9212 3081 9234
TIME...MOT...LOC 1234Z 248DEG 76KT 3079 9220 3063 9203 3048 9201
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
CRAMER
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