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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
848 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN VERNON PARISH IN WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
NORTHEASTERN NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 945 PM CDT.
* AT 847 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BURR FERRY,
OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TOLEDO BEND DAM, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LEESVILLE, ANACOCO, SLAGLE, FORT POLK, NEW LLANO, HORNBECK,
KURTHWOOD, HUTTON, BURR FERRY, SIMPSON, EVANS, AND PICKERING.
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 3136 9299 3134 9298 3132 9288 3129 9288
3129 9286 3127 9286 3127 9285 3126 9285
3125 9283 3092 9352 3106 9363 3128 9350
3128 9344 3136 9339 3137 9303
TIME...MOT...LOC 0147Z 230DEG 37KT 3105 9350
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
RUA
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