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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
812 PM CST SAT FEB 14 2026
LAC079-115-150230-
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RAPIDES LA-VERNON LA-
812 PM CST SAT FEB 14 2026
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN RAPIDES AND SOUTHEASTERN VERNON PARISHES...
AT 811 PM CST, A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CRAVENS, OR 8
MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT POLK, MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
PITKIN, CRAVENS, AND FULLERTON AROUND 815 PM CST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE UNION
HILL AND CALCASIEU.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT, A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS, IN A MOBILE HOME, OR IN A VEHICLE, MOVE
TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING
DEBRIS.
LAT...LON 3090 9270 3090 9272 3089 9272 3098 9315
3107 9314 3114 9269
TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 269DEG 36KT 3101 9307
TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
CALHOUN
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