934  
WUUS54 KLCH 101314  
SVRLCH  
LAC045-055-099-101-113-101415-  
/O.NEW.KLCH.SV.W.0079.240410T1314Z-240410T1415Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA  
814 AM CDT WED APR 10 2024  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
IBERIA PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...  
SOUTHERN LAFAYETTE PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...  
ST. MARY PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...  
VERMILION PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...  
CENTRAL ST. MARTIN PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...  
 
* UNTIL 915 AM CDT.  
 
* AT 814 AM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM BROUSSARD TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INTRACOASTAL CITY  
TO FRESHWATER CITY, MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE  
TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
LAFAYETTE, NEW IBERIA, MORGAN CITY, ABBEVILLE, SCOTT, FRANKLIN, ST.  
MARTINVILLE, PATTERSON, JEANERETTE, BERWICK, KAPLAN, FRESHWATER  
CITY, FORKED ISLAND, BELLE RIVER, INTRACOASTAL CITY, BAYOU VISTA,  
AVERY ISLAND, BURNS POINT, CYPREMORT POINT, AND PECAN ISLAND.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL  
AND SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 2955 9128 2933 9135 2939 9148 2955 9141  
2953 9153 2964 9157 2951 9190 2941 9185  
2962 9202 2962 9204 2961 9205 2952 9198  
2957 9251 3019 9222 3020 9149 3004 9122  
2963 9108  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1314Z 271DEG 36KT 3012 9194 2973 9225 2954 9232  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 

 
 
STIGGER/87  
 
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