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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1207 AM CDT MON MAR 16 2026
LAZ044-045-074-152>154-252>254-160600-
UPPER VERMILION LA-LOWER IBERIA LA-LOWER VERMILION LA-
UPPER IBERIA LA-LAFAYETTE LA-LOWER ST. MARY LA-UPPER ST. MARY LA-
UPPER ST. MARTIN LA-EAST CAMERON LA-
1207 AM CDT MON MAR 16 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT IBERIA...EASTERN LAFAYETTE
NORTHWESTERN ST. MARY...VERMILION AND WEST CENTRAL ST. MARTIN
PARISHES THROUGH 100 AM CDT...
AT 1206 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR LAFAYETTE TO 7 MILES WEST OF PECAN ISLAND.
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...
LAFAYETTE, NEW IBERIA, ABBEVILLE, CATAHOULA, SCOTT, BREAUX BRIDGE,
CARENCRO, ST. MARTINVILLE, JEANERETTE, KAPLAN, FRESHWATER CITY,
FORKED ISLAND, INTRACOASTAL CITY, CYPREMORT POINT, PECAN ISLAND,
AVERY ISLAND, BROUSSARD, YOUNGSVILLE, ERATH, AND DELCAMBRE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 10 IN LOUISIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 100 AND 108.
INTERSTATE 49 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 3.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 2949 9208 2946 9221 2962 9270 3031 9202
3016 9147 3011 9147 3010 9144 2944 9203
TIME...MOT...LOC 0506Z 289DEG 26KT 3026 9201 2968 9256
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
TINGLER
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