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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
737 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2026
LAZ028-029-032-081300-
AVOYELLES LA-EVANGELINE LA-RAPIDES LA-
737 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL RAPIDES
NORTH CENTRAL
EVANGELINE AND NORTHWESTERN AVOYELLES PARISHES THROUGH 800 AM CDT...
AT 736 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR ALEXANDRIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO NEAR
ALEXANDRIA TO NEAR CHENEYVILLE TO NEAR TURKEY CREEK. MOVEMENT WAS
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...PEA SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEGETATION AND OUTDOOR OBJECTS IS POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALEXANDRIA, PINEVILLE, MARKSVILLE, GLENMORA, CHENEYVILLE, ALEXANDRIA
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, EFFIE, BALL, LECOMPTE, HESSMER, TIOGA, TIMBER
TRAILS, ESLER REGIONAL AIRPORT, KINGSVILLE, POLAND, KOLIN, RUBY,
HOLLOWAY, DEVILLE, AND LIBUSE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 49 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 54 AND 93.
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 3137 9209 3135 9207 3134 9209 3133 9208
3133 9206 3116 9199 3093 9229 3087 9249
3097 9261 3116 9264 3126 9271 3143 9247
3144 9239
TIME...MOT...LOC 1236Z 246DEG 21KT 3125 9258 3122 9244 3104 9235 3091
9251
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH
TINGLER
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