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WWUS84 KLCH 100818
SPSLCH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
218 AM CST SAT JAN 10 2026
LAZ028-029-100900-
AVOYELLES LA-RAPIDES LA-
218 AM CST SAT JAN 10 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL RAPIDES AND NORTHWESTERN
AVOYELLES PARISHES THROUGH 300 AM CST...
AT 218 AM CST, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES EAST OF ELMER, OR 9 MILES NORTH OF GLENMORA, MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PEA SIZE 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...
ALEXANDRIA, PINEVILLE, EFFIE, LECOMPTE, DEVILLE, ECHO, BROUILLETTE,
ELMER, POLAND, KOLIN, CENTERPOINT, RUBY, HOLLOWAY, CALCASIEU,
WOODWORTH, FOREST HILL, AND MCNARY.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 49 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 65 AND 84.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST FOR CENTRAL
LOUISIANA.
LAT...LON 3141 9215 3136 9208 3133 9208 3134 9203
3132 9200 3130 9200 3129 9201 3130 9201
3128 9202 3127 9199 3126 9200 3125 9199
3124 9200 3122 9199 3123 9197 3119 9195
3095 9272 3118 9272 3143 9216
TIME...MOT...LOC 0818Z 240DEG 42KT 3110 9256
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
DENSON
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