442  
WWUS84 KLCH 242023  
SPSLCH  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA  
323 PM CDT MON AUG 24 2026  
 
LAZ044-045-152-153-252-253-242100-  
UPPER VERMILION LA-LOWER IBERIA LA-LOWER VERMILION LA-  
UPPER IBERIA LA-LAFAYETTE LA-UPPER ST. MARTIN LA-  
323 PM CDT MON AUG 24 2026  
   
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN LAFAYETTE
 
 
NORTHWESTERN IBERIA...NORTHEASTERN VERMILION AND WEST CENTRAL ST.  
MARTIN PARISHES THROUGH 400 PM CDT...  
 
AT 323 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR  
LAFAYETTE, MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 30 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
LAFAYETTE, NEW IBERIA, ABBEVILLE, SCOTT, ST. MARTINVILLE, KAPLAN,  
AVERY ISLAND, BROUSSARD, YOUNGSVILLE, ERATH, DELCAMBRE, MAURICE,  
CADE, MEAUX, ACADIANA REGIONAL AIRPORT, JEFFERSON ISLAND, COTEAU,  
HENRY, RIDGE, AND MILTON.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 IN LOUISIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND  
99.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3026 9214 3019 9177 2977 9186 2993 9236  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 023DEG 25KT 3017 9209  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 

 
 
SLAUGHTER  
 
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