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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
700 PM CDT FRI AUG 21 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
NORTHWESTERN ST. MARTIN PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
SOUTH CENTRAL ST. LANDRY PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT.
* AT 700 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR OPELOUSAS TO NEAR HENDERSON, MOVING SOUTH AT 25
MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAFAYETTE, OPELOUSAS, SCOTT, BREAUX BRIDGE, CARENCRO, ST.
MARTINVILLE, LEONVILLE, ARNAUDVILLE, SUNSET, HENDERSON, GRAND
COTEAU, CANKTON, CECILIA, AND PARKS.
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 3012 9175 3010 9177 3030 9214 3060 9215
3029 9171 3012 9171
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 347DEG 23KT 3049 9209 3029 9182
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
TINGLER
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