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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
816 PM CDT FRI AUG 21 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CAMERON PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
SOUTHWESTERN ACADIA PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
NORTHWESTERN VERMILION PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT.
* AT 816 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER EVANGELINE,
OR NEAR MERMENTAU, MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CROWLEY, JENNINGS, WELSH, LAKE ARTHUR, GUEYDAN, MERMENTAU,
KLONDIKE, EVANGELINE, MORSE, RICEVILLE, EGAN, THORNWELL, LOWRY,
ESTHERWOOD, ROANOKE, AND MIDLAND.
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 THIS STORM. 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 9291 3014 9290 3014 9289 3016 9289
3016 9293 3037 9273 3022 9239 2987 9262
TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 021DEG 23KT 3023 9259
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
TINGLER
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