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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1110 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2026
LAZ032-033-044-045-143-160500-
LAFAYETTE LA-NORTHERN ACADIA LA-ST. LANDRY LA-EVANGELINE LA-
UPPER ST. MARTIN LA-
1110 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE
SOUTHEASTERN EVANGELINE...NORTHEASTERN ACADIA...NORTHWESTERN ST.
MARTIN AND ST. LANDRY PARISHES THROUGH MIDNIGHT CDT...
AT 1110 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR LEBEAU TO NEAR RICHARD. MOVEMENT WAS EAST
AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 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...
OPELOUSAS, EUNICE, BREAUX BRIDGE, CARENCRO, CHURCH POINT, KROTZ
SPRINGS, LEONVILLE, ARNAUDVILLE, MELVILLE, PALMETTO, SUNSET, PORT
BARRE, HENDERSON, WASHINGTON, GRAND COTEAU, CANKTON, CHATAIGNIER,
PRAIRIE RONDE, ATCHAFALAYA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, AND SAVOY.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 10 IN LOUISIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 109 AND 125.
INTERSTATE 49 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 5 AND 34.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA.
LAT...LON 3023 9176 3045 9245 3077 9207 3078 9177
3074 9176 3070 9173 3067 9173 3066 9175
3063 9174 3061 9176 3056 9176 3051 9173
3051 9175 3050 9176 3050 9170 3044 9164
3041 9163
TIME...MOT...LOC 0410Z 268DEG 36KT 3070 9198 3046 9234
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
TINGLER
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