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WWUS84 KLCH 160151
SPSLCH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
851 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2026
LAZ030-141-TXZ260-262-160230-
BEAUREGARD LA-NORTHERN CALCASIEU LA-SOUTHERN NEWTON TX-
NORTHERN NEWTON TX-
851 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN BEAUREGARD
NORTHWESTERN CALCASIEU PARISHES IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND
SOUTHWESTERN NEWTON COUNTIES THROUGH 930 PM CDT...
AT 851 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
OLD SALEM, OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CALL, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 40 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...
FIELDS, DE QUINCY, DEVILS POCKET, LUNITA, BIVENS, BANCROFT, ORETTA,
AND OLD SALEM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
LOUISIANA...AND SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3072 9368 3057 9331 3025 9354 3046 9389
3048 9389
TIME...MOT...LOC 0151Z 301DEG 25KT 3056 9374
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
TINGLER
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