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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1046 AM CDT FRI MAY 1 2026
LAZ033-044-045-055-073-074-141>143-152>154-241>243-252>254-TXZ515-
516-615-616-020600-
/O.NEW.KLCH.WI.Y.0009.260501T2000Z-260502T0600Z/
ST. LANDRY-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-LOWER ST. MARTIN-WEST
CAMERON-EAST CAMERON-NORTHERN CALCASIEU-NORTHERN JEFFERSON DAVIS-
NORTHERN ACADIA-UPPER VERMILION-UPPER IBERIA-UPPER ST. MARY-
SOUTHERN CALCASIEU-SOUTHERN JEFFERSON DAVIS-SOUTHERN ACADIA-LOWER
VERMILION-LOWER IBERIA-LOWER ST. MARY-UPPER JEFFERSON-NORTHERN
ORANGE-LOWER JEFFERSON-SOUTHERN ORANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FENTON, FORKED ISLAND, PATTERSON, LAKE
ARTHUR, RAYNE, ELTON, VIDOR, MEAUX, LAKE CHARLES, CREOLE,
WESTLAKE, GRAND LAKE, CARLYSS, BERWICK, SEA RIM STATE PARK,
INTRACOASTAL CITY, JEANERETTE, AVERY ISLAND, IOWA, NEW IBERIA,
MAURICE, CHINA, SABINE PASS, ORANGE, IOTA, OPELOUSAS, JOHNSON
BAYOU, CADE, ABBEVILLE, MAURICEVILLE, BAYOU VISTA, BELL CITY,
WELSH, GRAND CHENIER, KLONDIKE, CROWLEY, CAMERON, HAYES, CHURCH
POINT, MORSE, BEAUMONT, LAWTELL, MOSS BLUFF, MORGAN CITY, ST.
MARTINVILLE, CENTERVILLE, CYPREMORT POINT, GUEYDAN, FRANKLIN,
HACKBERRY, SULPHUR, STEPHENSVILLE, EUNICE, VINTON, HATHAWAY,
JENNINGS, LAFAYETTE, BRANCH, KAPLAN, DE QUINCY, BURNS POINT,
RUTHERFORD BEACH, BREAUX BRIDGE, TOPSY, NEDERLAND, PORT ARTHUR,
AND BRIDGE CITY
1046 AM CDT FRI MAY 1 2026
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT
SATURDAY...
* WHAT...NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH
EXPECTED.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL, SOUTH CENTRAL, AND SOUTHWEST
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
* WHEN...FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT SATURDAY.
* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS. TREE
LIMBS COULD BE BLOWN DOWN AND A FEW POWER OUTAGES MAY RESULT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
MC
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