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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
456 AM CDT MON JUL 27 2026
LAZ028-029-032-033-044-045-055-143-152>154-243-252>254-280100-
/O.EXT.KLCH.HT.Y.0006.260727T1700Z-260728T0100Z/
RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST.
MARTIN-LOWER ST. MARTIN-NORTHERN ACADIA-UPPER VERMILION-UPPER
IBERIA-UPPER ST. MARY-SOUTHERN ACADIA-LOWER VERMILION-LOWER
IBERIA-LOWER ST. MARY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FRANKLIN, IOTA, CHURCH POINT, JEANERETTE,
LAWTELL, CENTERVILLE, EFFIE, NEW IBERIA, LAFAYETTE, MAURICE,
MORGAN CITY, BURNS POINT, SIMMESPORT, MORSE, CYPREMORT POINT,
MANSURA, BEAVER, BREAUX BRIDGE, GUEYDAN, ABBEVILLE, OPELOUSAS,
KAPLAN, AVERY ISLAND, RAYNE, REDDELL, MARKSVILLE, BRANCH, BUNKIE,
MEAUX, VILLE PLATTE, EUNICE, BAYOU VISTA, CROWLEY, FORKED ISLAND,
STEPHENSVILLE, CADE, PINEVILLE, ALEXANDRIA, BERWICK, PATTERSON,
INTRACOASTAL CITY, MAMOU, ST. LANDRY, COTTONPORT, AND ST.
MARTINVILLE
456 AM CDT MON JUL 27 2026
...HEAT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
* WHAT...HEAT INDEX VALUES UP TO 109 EXPECTED.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL, SOUTH CENTRAL, AND SOUTHWEST
LOUISIANA.
* WHEN...FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY MAY CAUSE HEAT
ILLNESSES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS, STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM, STAY OUT OF
THE SUN, AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.
TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK, THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN
SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT
SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN
EMERGENCY! CALL 9 1 1.
RUA
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