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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
824 PM CDT FRI AUG 21 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CAMERON PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
NORTHWESTERN IBERIA PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
SOUTH CENTRAL ACADIA PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
VERMILION PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 930 PM CDT.
* AT 824 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR GUEYDAN TO NEAR CYPREMORT POINT, MOVING SOUTH
AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ABBEVILLE, KAPLAN, GUEYDAN, FRESHWATER CITY, FORKED ISLAND, PECAN
ISLAND, AVERY ISLAND, INTRACOASTAL CITY, ERATH, DELCAMBRE, MEAUX,
ESTHER, WRIGHT, JEFFERSON ISLAND, LYONS POINT, HENRY, AND FLORENCE
LANDING.
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 2943 9196 2944 9204 2950 9208 2945 9228
2945 9235 2961 9280 3016 9244 2996 9180
2974 9185 2972 9188 2971 9186 2937 9194
TIME...MOT...LOC 0124Z 011DEG 22KT 2998 9253 2974 9190
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
TINGLER
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