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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
653 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2026
LAZ027-028-030>032-TXZ259-260-081230-
EVANGELINE LA-ALLEN LA-BEAUREGARD LA-VERNON LA-RAPIDES LA-
NORTHERN NEWTON TX-NORTHERN JASPER TX-
653 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT RAPIDES...NORTHERN EVANGELINE
NORTHERN BEAUREGARD...VERNON AND NORTHEASTERN ALLEN PARISHES...
NORTHERN NEWTON AND EAST CENTRAL JASPER COUNTIES THROUGH 730 AM
CDT...
AT 653 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR JAMESTOWN TO NEAR ELMER. MOVEMENT WAS EAST
AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...PEA SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEGETATION AND OUTDOOR OBJECTS IS POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALEXANDRIA, PINEVILLE, DE RIDDER, OAKDALE, JASPER, LEESVILLE, NEWTON,
ROSEPINE, GLENMORA, MERRYVILLE, CHENEYVILLE, ELIZABETH, TURKEY CREEK,
FORT POLK, ALEXANDRIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, SUGARTOWN, HINESTON,
PITKIN, BURKEVILLE, AND NEW LLANO.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 49 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 55 AND 90.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3096 9224 3097 9228 3094 9228 3089 9224
3084 9224 3075 9393 3092 9398 3142 9226
TIME...MOT...LOC 1153Z 261DEG 19KT 3088 9389 3106 9272
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH
TINGLER
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