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WWUS84 KLCH 090247
SPSLCH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
947 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2026
LAZ033-045-090315-
ST. LANDRY LA-UPPER ST. MARTIN LA-
947 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN ST. MARTIN AND
SOUTHEASTERN ST. LANDRY PARISHES THROUGH 1015 PM CDT...
AT 947 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
CECILIA, OR NEAR BREAUX BRIDGE, MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PENNY 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...
BREAUX BRIDGE, ARNAUDVILLE, HENDERSON, BUTTE LA ROSE, CECILIA,
ATCHAFALAYA WELCOME CENTER, AND ATCHAFALAYA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 IN LOUISIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 109 AND
126.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
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.
LAT...LON 3029 9195 3033 9197 3033 9196 3036 9195
3037 9198 3042 9198 3047 9168 3044 9164
3039 9162 3036 9165 3035 9162 3031 9162
3028 9159 3026 9159
TIME...MOT...LOC 0247Z 264DEG 31KT 3035 9187
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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