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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1113 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2026
LAZ044-045-074-142-143-152-242-243-252-160515-
UPPER VERMILION LA-SOUTHERN ACADIA LA-LOWER VERMILION LA-
LAFAYETTE LA-NORTHERN ACADIA LA-UPPER ST. MARTIN LA-
SOUTHERN JEFFERSON DAVIS LA-NORTHERN JEFFERSON DAVIS LA-
EAST CAMERON LA-
1113 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EASTERN CAMERON...LAFAYETTE
SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON DAVIS...ACADIA...VERMILION AND WEST CENTRAL
ST. MARTIN PARISHES THROUGH 1215 AM CDT...
AT 1113 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM MOWATA TO NEAR GRAND CHENIER. MOVEMENT WAS EAST
AT 40 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...
LAFAYETTE, CROWLEY, ABBEVILLE, JENNINGS, SCOTT, BREAUX BRIDGE, RAYNE,
CARENCRO, ST. MARTINVILLE, KAPLAN, LAKE ARTHUR, IOTA, GUEYDAN,
MERMENTAU, ROCKEFELLER WILDLIFE RANGE, FORKED ISLAND, INTRACOASTAL
CITY, PECAN ISLAND, GRAND CHENIER, AND KLONDIKE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 10 IN LOUISIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 66 AND 107.
INTERSTATE 49 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 3.
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 2949 9252 2974 9312 3045 9245 3036 9217
3030 9214 3033 9209 3022 9175 3006 9189
3007 9195 2999 9199 2995 9199 2946 9242
TIME...MOT...LOC 0413Z 269DEG 38KT 3039 9239 2981 9299
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
TINGLER
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