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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
756 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2026
LAZ028-029-032-081330-
AVOYELLES LA-EVANGELINE LA-RAPIDES LA-
756 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN RAPIDES
NORTHEASTERN EVANGELINE AND SOUTHWESTERN AVOYELLES PARISHES THROUGH
830 AM CDT...
AT 756 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
CHENEYVILLE, MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND NICKEL 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...
BUNKIE, MOREAUVILLE, CHENEYVILLE, BORDELONVILLE, COTTONPORT, MANSURA,
HESSMER, EVERGREEN, PLAUCHEVILLE, GOUDEAU, DUPONT, AND HAMBURG.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 49 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 47 AND 59.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3087 9234 3103 9235 3112 9189 3085 9186
TIME...MOT...LOC 1256Z 263DEG 30KT 3095 9227
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
TINGLER
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