768  
WWUS54 KLCH 231528  
SVSLCH  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA  
1028 AM CDT SAT MAY 23 2026  
 
LAC079-115-231615-  
/O.CON.KLCH.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-260523T1615Z/  
RAPIDES LA-VERNON LA-  
1028 AM CDT SAT MAY 23 2026  
 
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM CDT  
FOR WEST CENTRAL RAPIDES AND EAST CENTRAL VERNON PARISHES...  
 
AT 1028 AM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER OTIS, OR OVER  
HINESTON, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
ALEXANDRIA, HINESTON, LACAMP, LEANDER, SIEPER, GARDNER, OTIS, AND  
ELMER.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
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 3103 9285 3117 9303 3124 9281 3134 9246  
3125 9243  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1528Z 227DEG 39KT 3119 9276  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 

 
 
KOWALSKI  
 
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