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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
153 AM CST SAT JAN 10 2026
LAZ027-028-100830-
VERNON LA-RAPIDES LA-
153 AM CST SAT JAN 10 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN RAPIDES AND
SOUTHEASTERN VERNON PARISHES THROUGH 230 AM CST...
AT 153 AM CST, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
LEANDER, OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HINESTON, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PITKIN, HINESTON, LEANDER, SIEPER, GARDNER, OTIS, ELMER, CALCASIEU,
AND UNION HILL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST FOR CENTRAL AND
WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA.
LAT...LON 3090 9296 3111 9298 3136 9261 3105 9258
TIME...MOT...LOC 0753Z 227DEG 28KT 3108 9288
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
DENSON
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