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WWUS84 KLCH 160238
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
938 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2026
LAZ027-028-030>032-142-160330-
EVANGELINE LA-ALLEN LA-BEAUREGARD LA-VERNON LA-RAPIDES LA-
NORTHERN JEFFERSON DAVIS LA-
938 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN RAPIDES
NORTHWESTERN
JEFFERSON DAVIS...NORTHWESTERN EVANGELINE...EASTERN BEAUREGARD...
SOUTHEASTERN VERNON AND ALLEN PARISHES THROUGH 1030 PM CDT...
AT 938 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR HINESTON TO NEAR DRY CREEK TO NEAR
LONGVILLE TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SINGER. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT
25 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PENNY 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...
OAKDALE, KINDER, OBERLIN, GLENMORA, ELTON, CHENEYVILLE, ELIZABETH,
TURKEY CREEK, REEVES, DRY CREEK, SUGARTOWN, RAGLEY, HINESTON, PITKIN,
MITTIE, GRANT, PINE PRAIRIE, LECOMPTE, ELMER, AND ALLEN PARISH
AIRPORT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 49 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 55 AND 68.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR CENTRAL,
SOUTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA.
LAT...LON 3105 9222 3055 9259 3047 9268 3036 9302
3058 9347 3066 9321 3074 9312 3118 9280
TIME...MOT...LOC 0238Z 292DEG 24KT 3111 9278 3072 9306 3065 9315 3058
9334
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
BRAZZELL
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