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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1040 PM CST SAT FEB 14 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
IBERIA PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
LAFAYETTE PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
NORTHWESTERN ST. MARY PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
VERMILION PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
ST. MARTIN PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN ST. LANDRY PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 1145 PM CST.
* AT 1040 PM CST, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR ATCHAFALAYA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE TO NEAR
FRESHWATER CITY, MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAFAYETTE, NEW IBERIA, ABBEVILLE, CATAHOULA, SCOTT, BREAUX BRIDGE,
FRANKLIN, CARENCRO, ST. MARTINVILLE, JEANERETTE, KAPLAN, KROTZ
SPRINGS, LEONVILLE, ARNAUDVILLE, FRESHWATER CITY, FORKED ISLAND,
INTRACOASTAL CITY, AVERY ISLAND, CYPREMORT POINT, AND PECAN ISLAND.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL,
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA.
LAT...LON 2939 9194 2943 9196 2944 9204 2950 9208
2946 9224 2956 9267 2958 9262 2964 9262
3055 9196 3057 9176 3050 9175 3044 9164
3026 9159 3023 9147 3011 9147 3009 9138
2943 9161 2949 9164 2935 9178
TIME...MOT...LOC 0440Z 271DEG 37KT 3046 9174 2956 9239
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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