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WWUS84 KLCH 160459
SPSLCH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1159 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2026
LAZ033-044-045-160545-
LAFAYETTE LA-ST. LANDRY LA-UPPER ST. MARTIN LA-
1159 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE
NORTHWESTERN ST. MARTIN AND SOUTHEASTERN ST. LANDRY PARISHES THROUGH
1245 AM CDT...
AT 1158 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM KROTZ SPRINGS TO NEAR BREAUX BRIDGE. MOVEMENT
WAS EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 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...
BREAUX BRIDGE, CARENCRO, KROTZ SPRINGS, ARNAUDVILLE, HENDERSON, BUTTE
LA ROSE, CECILIA, ATCHAFALAYA WELCOME CENTER, AND ATCHAFALAYA
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 IN LOUISIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 109 AND
126.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR CENTRAL
LOUISIANA.
LAT...LON 3031 9202 3058 9176 3056 9176 3051 9173
3051 9175 3050 9176 3050 9170 3044 9164
3039 9162 3036 9165 3035 9162 3031 9162
3028 9159 3026 9159 3025 9158 3023 9148
3020 9149 3019 9147 3016 9147
TIME...MOT...LOC 0458Z 283DEG 25KT 3052 9174 3031 9196
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
TINGLER
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