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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
942 PM CST SAT FEB 14 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN CAMERON PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
NORTHWESTERN IBERIA PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
LAFAYETTE PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
EASTERN JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
ACADIA PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
VERMILION PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
NORTHWESTERN ST. MARTIN PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
SOUTHERN ST. LANDRY PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 1045 PM CST.
* AT 942 PM CST, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM EUNICE TO 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRAND CHENIER,
MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAFAYETTE, NEW IBERIA, CROWLEY, ABBEVILLE, EUNICE, JENNINGS, SCOTT,
BREAUX BRIDGE, RAYNE, CARENCRO, ST. MARTINVILLE, KAPLAN, CHURCH
POINT, WELSH, LAKE ARTHUR, BASILE, IOTA, GUEYDAN, LEONVILLE, AND
ARNAUDVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO A
SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CST FOR CENTRAL, SOUTH
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA.
LAT...LON 2973 9313 3048 9262 3049 9249 3045 9230
3050 9174 3044 9164 2947 9207 2950 9209
2946 9223
TIME...MOT...LOC 0342Z 274DEG 46KT 3049 9244 2959 9309
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
STIGGER/87
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