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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
804 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN RAPIDES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
NORTHEASTERN EVANGELINE PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
SOUTHERN AVOYELLES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 830 AM CDT.
* AT 804 AM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BUNKIE,
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MARKSVILLE, BUNKIE, SIMMESPORT, MOREAUVILLE, CHENEYVILLE,
BORDELONVILLE, COTTONPORT, MANSURA, HESSMER, EVERGREEN,
PLAUCHEVILLE, DUPONT, BIG BEND, AND HAMBURG.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3101 9176 3098 9180 3088 9180 3088 9235
3104 9235 3118 9180
TIME...MOT...LOC 1304Z 262DEG 31KT 3097 9217
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
JONES
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