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WUUS54 KLCH 090414
SVRLCH
LAC003-039-090500-
/O.NEW.KLCH.SV.W.0041.260509T0414Z-260509T0500Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1114 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN EVANGELINE PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
NORTHEASTERN ALLEN PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.
* AT 1113 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OBERLIN,
MOVING EAST AT 35 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...
OAKDALE, MAMOU, OBERLIN, TURKEY CREEK, PINE PRAIRIE, ALLEN PARISH
AIRPORT, BEAVER, REDDELL, BOND, AND DURALDE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING WIND, AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
ARE OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS
ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER, IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER,
YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3093 9237 3054 9239 3054 9243 3059 9285
3076 9286
TIME...MOT...LOC 0413Z 270DEG 31KT 3068 9280
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
RUA
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