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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1135 PM CDT THU AUG 13 2026
LAZ029-033-044-045-055-153-154-253-254-150000-
/O.EXT.KLCH.HT.Y.0011.260814T1600Z-260815T0000Z/
AVOYELLES-ST. LANDRY-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-LOWER ST. MARTIN-
UPPER IBERIA-UPPER ST. MARY-LOWER IBERIA-LOWER ST. MARY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CYPREMORT POINT, ST. MARTINVILLE,
MARKSVILLE, EFFIE, FRANKLIN, PATTERSON, AVERY ISLAND, COTTONPORT,
SIMMESPORT, CENTERVILLE, NEW IBERIA, BERWICK, BURNS POINT,
OPELOUSAS, MORGAN CITY, JEANERETTE, STEPHENSVILLE, LAWTELL,
LAFAYETTE, EUNICE, BREAUX BRIDGE, BUNKIE, MANSURA, CADE, AND
BAYOU VISTA
1135 PM CDT THU AUG 13 2026
..HEAT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY
* WHAT...HEAT INDEX VALUES UP TO 111 EXPECTED.
* WHERE...AVOYELLES, ST. LANDRY, LAFAYETTE, LOWER IBERIA, LOWER ST.
MARTIN, LOWER ST. MARY, UPPER IBERIA, UPPER ST. MARTIN, AND UPPER
ST. MARY PARISHES.
* WHEN...FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY.
* IMPACTS...HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY MAY CAUSE HEAT
ILLNESSES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS WHEN OUTSIDE. WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT AND LOOSE
FITTING CLOTHING. TRY TO LIMIT STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING
OR EVENING. TAKE ACTION WHEN YOU SEE SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND
HEAT STROKE.
TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK, THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN
SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT
SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN
EMERGENCY! CALL 9 1 1.
MC
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