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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1030 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2026
LAZ031-073-074-141>143-152-241>243-252-160415-
WEST CAMERON LA-UPPER VERMILION LA-SOUTHERN CALCASIEU LA-
SOUTHERN ACADIA LA-LOWER VERMILION LA-NORTHERN ACADIA LA-ALLEN LA-
SOUTHERN JEFFERSON DAVIS LA-NORTHERN CALCASIEU LA-
NORTHERN JEFFERSON DAVIS LA-EAST CAMERON LA-
1030 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CAMERON...JEFFERSON DAVIS
ACADIA...SOUTHEASTERN CALCASIEU...NORTHWESTERN VERMILION AND SOUTH
CENTRAL ALLEN PARISHES THROUGH 1115 PM CDT...
AT 1030 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR ELTON TO NEAR HOLLY BEACH. MOVEMENT WAS
EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAKE CHARLES, CROWLEY, JENNINGS, RAYNE, CAMERON, WELSH, IOWA, LAKE
ARTHUR, KINDER, IOTA, GUEYDAN, ELTON, MERMENTAU, FENTON, GRAND LAKE,
HAYES, LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL AIRPORT, LACASSINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE
REFUGE, GRAND CHENIER, AND KLONDIKE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 10 IN LOUISIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 35 AND 90.
INTERSTATE 210 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 8 AND 11.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
LOUISIANA.
LAT...LON 2968 9315 2973 9368 3052 9287 3034 9216
3032 9216 2962 9287
TIME...MOT...LOC 0330Z 273DEG 34KT 3048 9275 2977 9352
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
TINGLER
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