078  
WWUS84 KLCH 090849  
SPSLCH  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA  
349 AM CDT SAT MAY 9 2026  
 
LAZ028-090930-  
RAPIDES LA-  
349 AM CDT SAT MAY 9 2026  
 
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHERN RAPIDES PARISH THROUGH  
430 AM CDT...  
 
AT 349 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG  
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OLLA TO 11 MILES NORTHEAST  
OF COLFAX TO 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF FLATWOODS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 45  
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...  
ALEXANDRIA, PINEVILLE, BOYCE, LENA, ALEXANDRIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT,  
BALL, LIBUSE, TIOGA, TIMBER TRAILS, ESLER REGIONAL AIRPORT,  
FLATWOODS, KINGSVILLE, HOLLOWAY, PARADISE, AND DEVILLE.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 49 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 83 AND 109.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3149 9270 3150 9268 3147 9271 3145 9271  
3145 9268 3142 9269 3141 9268 3140 9269  
3140 9267 3139 9266 3148 9219 3147 9216  
3141 9215 3137 9210 3123 9255 3139 9289  
3142 9287 3142 9285 3143 9284 3152 9272  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0849Z 289DEG 41KT 3186 9214 3164 9257 3153 9300  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 

 
 
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