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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
602 PM CDT FRI AUG 21 2026
LAZ028-029-032-033-212330-
AVOYELLES LA-ST. LANDRY LA-EVANGELINE LA-RAPIDES LA-
602 PM CDT FRI AUG 21 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN RAPIDES
NORTHEASTERN EVANGELINE...SOUTHWESTERN AVOYELLES AND NORTH CENTRAL
ST. LANDRY PARISHES THROUGH 630 PM CDT...
AT 601 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM BUNKIE TO NEAR INDIAN LAKE TO NEAR BIG CANE.
THESE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR DAMAGE TO VEGETATION AND OUTDOOR
OBJECTS IS POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VILLE PLATTE, BUNKIE, CHENEYVILLE, MORROW, EVERGREEN, GOUDEAU, INDIAN
LAKE, CHICOT STATE PARK, WHITEVILLE, BIG CANE, GRAND PRAIRIE, LEBEAU,
AND ST. LANDRY.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 49 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 28 AND 59.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
CENTRAL LOUISIANA.
LAT...LON 3104 9235 3070 9232 3062 9194 3081 9193
3105 9215
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 028DEG 2KT 3097 9220 3083 9223 3079 9201
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
TINGLER
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