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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1237 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2026
LAZ033-044-045-143-081815-
LAFAYETTE LA-NORTHERN ACADIA LA-ST. LANDRY LA-UPPER ST. MARTIN LA-
1237 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT LAFAYETTE
NORTHEASTERN
ACADIA...NORTHWESTERN ST. MARTIN AND SOUTHEASTERN ST. LANDRY PARISHES
THROUGH 115 PM CDT...
AT 1237 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER CANKTON, OR NEAR CARENCRO, MOVING 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, OPELOUSAS, SCOTT, BREAUX BRIDGE, RAYNE, CARENCRO, ST.
MARTINVILLE, CHURCH POINT, KROTZ SPRINGS, LEONVILLE, ARNAUDVILLE,
BROUSSARD, SUNSET, PORT BARRE, DUSON, HENDERSON, GRAND COTEAU,
CANKTON, CECILIA, AND MIRE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 10 IN LOUISIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 90 AND 118.
INTERSTATE 49 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 23.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
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 3051 9175 3050 9176 3050 9175 3010 9182
3021 9226 3053 9218 3058 9208 3057 9176
3056 9176 3054 9175
TIME...MOT...LOC 1737Z 261DEG 32KT 3035 9210
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
CALHOUN
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