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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
918 AM CDT SAT MAY 23 2026
LAC003-011-115-TXC241-351-231515-
/O.CON.KLCH.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-260523T1515Z/
BEAUREGARD LA-VERNON LA-ALLEN LA-NEWTON TX-JASPER TX-
918 AM CDT SAT MAY 23 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 AM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN BEAUREGARD...VERNON AND NORTH CENTRAL ALLEN
PARISHES...NORTHERN NEWTON AND NORTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTIES...
AT 917 AM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MAYFLOWER, OR
NEAR BURKEVILLE, MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE
HOMES, ROOFS, AND OUTBUILDINGS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DE RIDDER, JASPER, LEESVILLE, NEWTON, ROSEPINE, ANACOCO, FORT POLK,
SUGARTOWN, SLAGLE, TOLEDO BEND DAM, PITKIN, BURKEVILLE, NEW LLANO,
HORNBECK, BROWNDELL, HUTTON, MAYFLOWER, KURTHWOOD, HARRISBURG, AND
JUNCTION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO A
SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.
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 3132 9292 3124 9284 3080 9283
3081 9405 3110 9411 3116 9391 3117 9358
3120 9355 3124 9356 3128 9353 3128 9344
3136 9339
TIME...MOT...LOC 1417Z 254DEG 50KT 3104 9375
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
CALHOUN
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