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WWUS84 KLCH 102009
SPSLCH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
309 PM CDT MON AUG 10 2026
LAZ028-029-032-033-102100-
AVOYELLES LA-ST. LANDRY LA-EVANGELINE LA-RAPIDES LA-
309 PM CDT MON AUG 10 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN RAPIDES
NORTHEASTERN EVANGELINE...SOUTHWESTERN AVOYELLES AND NORTHWESTERN ST.
LANDRY PARISHES THROUGH 400 PM CDT...
AT 309 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS NEAR INDIAN LAKE, OR NEAR BUNKIE, MOVING NORTH AT 10
MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BUNKIE, CHENEYVILLE, HESSMER, EVERGREEN, WHITEVILLE, INDIAN LAKE, AND
ST. LANDRY.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 49 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 41 AND 57.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3077 9215 3082 9235 3109 9231 3104 9205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 197DEG 10KT 3087 9223
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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