787
WWUS84 KLCH 271024
SPSLCH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
524 AM CDT THU AUG 27 2026
LAZ029-032-033-045-271100-
AVOYELLES LA-ST. LANDRY LA-EVANGELINE LA-UPPER ST. MARTIN LA-
524 AM CDT THU AUG 27 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL EVANGELINE
NORTH
CENTRAL ST. MARTIN...SOUTHEASTERN AVOYELLES AND ST. LANDRY PARISHES
THROUGH 600 AM CDT...
AT 523 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR LETTSWORTH TO PRAIRIE RONDE. MOVEMENT WAS
SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OPELOUSAS, VILLE PLATTE, SIMMESPORT, KROTZ SPRINGS, MELVILLE,
PALMETTO, BAYOU CURRENT, MORROW, PORT BARRE, PINE PRAIRIE,
WASHINGTON, GOUDEAU, ATCHAFALAYA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, INDIAN
LAKE, CHICOT STATE PARK, WHITEVILLE, BIG CANE, DUPONT, ATCHAFALAYA
WELCOME CENTER, AND GRAND PRAIRIE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 10 IN LOUISIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 123 AND 126.
INTERSTATE 49 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 21 AND 46.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3028 9163 3078 9246 3100 9178 3097 9181
3087 9180 3085 9182 3084 9180 3081 9181
3078 9177 3070 9173 3056 9176 3051 9173
3050 9176 3050 9170 3044 9164 3039 9162
3036 9165 3035 9162 3029 9161
TIME...MOT...LOC 1023Z 293DEG 37KT 3090 9169 3060 9218
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
STIGGER/87
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