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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
923 AM CDT SAT MAY 23 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
EASTERN BEAUREGARD PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
NORTHEASTERN CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
ALLEN PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 1015 AM CDT.
* AT 923 AM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF SINGER TO NEAR LONGVILLE TO MOSS
BLUFF, MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAKE CHARLES, DE RIDDER, KINDER, OBERLIN, ELTON, MERRYVILLE,
FENTON, REEVES, DRY CREEK, MOSS BLUFF, SUGARTOWN, RAGLEY, MITTIE,
GRANT, TOPSY, LEBLEU SETTLEMENT, GILLIS, ALLEN PARISH AIRPORT,
LEBLANC, AND LONGVILLE.
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 THESE STORMS. 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.
LAT...LON 3088 9290 3080 9269 3031 9262 3023 9324
3060 9334 3079 9351 3088 9304
TIME...MOT...LOC 1423Z 250DEG 34KT 3075 9340 3062 9328 3031 9319
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
CALHOUN
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