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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
903 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2026
LAZ027>032-070230-
AVOYELLES LA-EVANGELINE LA-ALLEN LA-BEAUREGARD LA-VERNON LA-
RAPIDES LA-
903 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT RAPIDES...NORTHERN EVANGELINE
EASTERN BEAUREGARD...AVOYELLES...SOUTHERN VERNON AND NORTHERN ALLEN
PARISHES THROUGH 930 PM CDT...
AT 903 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM LARTO TO 7 MILES EAST OF ROSEPINE. MOVEMENT WAS
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALEXANDRIA, PINEVILLE, DE RIDDER, OAKDALE, MARKSVILLE, BUNKIE,
ROSEPINE, GLENMORA, MOREAUVILLE, CHENEYVILLE, ELIZABETH, TURKEY
CREEK, SINGER, SUGARTOWN, HINESTON, MITTIE, BORDELONVILLE, DRY CREEK,
FORT POLK, AND ALEXANDRIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 49 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 45 AND 95.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3147 9216 3141 9215 3136 9208 3133 9208
3134 9203 3132 9200 3128 9202 3122 9199
3125 9196 3122 9194 3123 9192 3128 9195
3130 9191 3123 9179 3120 9169 3073 9239
3051 9341 3102 9351 3144 9239 3148 9221
TIME...MOT...LOC 0203Z 311DEG 18KT 3138 9193 3090 9316
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
STIGGER/87
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