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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
516 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
SOUTHERN EVANGELINE PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
NORTHEASTERN ACADIA PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
NORTHWESTERN ST. MARTIN PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
ST. LANDRY PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 615 AM CDT.
* AT 516 AM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR LEBEAU TO NEAR WASHINGTON TO NEAR LAWTELL TO
NEAR EUNICE, MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO
MOBILE HOMES, ROOFS, AND OUTBUILDINGS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHATAIGNIER, MOWATA, OPELOUSAS, BASILE, BUTTE LA ROSE, PORT BARRE,
PRAIRIE RONDE, ATCHAFALAYA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, SAVOY,
WASHINGTON, EUNICE, LAWTELL, ARNAUDVILLE, CHURCH POINT, SWORDS,
CARENCRO, MELVILLE, BRANCH, RICHARD, AND GRAND COTEAU.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING WIND, AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
ARE OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING
IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER, IF YOU CAN HEAR
THUNDER, YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
LAT...LON 3025 9189 3034 9229 3041 9250 3049 9263
3069 9216 3081 9202 3079 9178 3067 9173
3066 9175 3063 9174 3062 9175 3056 9176
3051 9173 3050 9175 3050 9170 3044 9164
3039 9162 3036 9165 3025 9158
TIME...MOT...LOC 1016Z 280DEG 46KT 3076 9194 3064 9202 3047 9222 3045
9239
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
CRAMER
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