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WWUS84 KLCH 072226
SPSLCH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
526 PM CDT TUE JUL 7 2026
LAZ028-029-072300-
AVOYELLES LA-RAPIDES LA-
526 PM CDT TUE JUL 7 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN RAPIDES AND NORTHERN
AVOYELLES PARISHES THROUGH 600 PM CDT...
AT 526 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM COLFAX TO NEAR BLACK HAWK. MOVEMENT WAS
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR DAMAGE TO VEGETATION AND OUTDOOR
OBJECTS IS POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALEXANDRIA, PINEVILLE, MARKSVILLE, BOYCE, BORDELONVILLE, LENA,
ALEXANDRIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, EFFIE, BALL, COLFAX, DEVILLE,
LIBUSE, TIOGA, TIMBER TRAILS, ESLER REGIONAL AIRPORT, BROUILLETTE,
LAKE OPHELIA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, KINGSVILLE, BIG BEND, AND
KOLIN.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 49 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 83 AND 109.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3150 9268 3145 9271 3139 9266 3147 9216
3141 9215 3136 9208 3133 9208 3134 9203
3132 9200 3128 9202 3122 9199 3123 9192
3128 9195 3130 9191 3120 9168 3114 9172
3105 9172 3101 9177 3143 9285 3152 9272
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 216DEG 16KT 3151 9272 3111 9167
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
STIGGER/87
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