244  
WWUS54 KLCH 150453  
SVSLCH  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA  
1053 PM CST SAT FEB 14 2026  
 
LAC045-113-150515-  
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-260215T0515Z/  
IBERIA LA-VERMILION LA-  
1053 PM CST SAT FEB 14 2026  
 
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CST FOR WEST  
CENTRAL IBERIA AND SOUTHEASTERN VERMILION PARISHES...  
 
AT 1052 PM CST, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES  
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR ERATH TO INTRACOASTAL  
CITY, MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...TORNADO.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.  
 
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.  
 
THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WILL BE NEAR...  
ERATH, DELCAMBRE, AND JEFFERSON ISLAND AROUND 1100 PM CST.  
AVERY ISLAND AROUND 1105 PM CST.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
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 2968 9238 2995 9218 3001 9194 2988 9187  
2960 9209  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0452Z 262DEG 37KT 2994 9209 2977 9215  
 
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
 
 
 
STIGGER/87  
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