674
WUUS54 KLCH 231412 RRA
SVRLCH
LAC019-023-053-231500-
/O.NEW.KLCH.SV.W.0054.260523T1412Z-260523T1500Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
912 AM CDT SAT MAY 23 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL CAMERON PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
WESTERN JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT.
* AT 912 AM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE CHARLES
REGIONAL AIRPORT, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAKE CHARLES, SULPHUR, CAMERON, WESTLAKE, IOWA, FENTON, GRAND LAKE,
LACASSINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL AIRPORT,
HAYES, MOSS BLUFF, CARLYSS, HACKETTS CORNER, HEBERTS MARINA, LEBLEU
SETTLEMENT, SWEET LAKE, GIBBSTOWN, HOLMWOOD, HACKBERRY, AND BELL
CITY.
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 2977 9331 3019 9338 3041 9291 2999 9286
TIME...MOT...LOC 1412Z 245DEG 22KT 3013 9328
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
KOWALSKI
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