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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
700 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2026
LAZ033-044-143-110045-
LAFAYETTE LA-NORTHERN ACADIA LA-ST. LANDRY LA-
700 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN LAFAYETTE AND SOUTH
CENTRAL ST. LANDRY PARISHES THROUGH 745 PM CDT...
AT 700 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
SUNSET, OR NEAR OPELOUSAS, MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR DAMAGE TO VEGETATION AND OUTDOOR
OBJECTS IS POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OPELOUSAS, CHURCH POINT, LEONVILLE, SUNSET, GRAND COTEAU, CANKTON,
LAWTELL, AND PRAIRIE RONDE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 49 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 6 AND 21.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3052 9188 3041 9196 3041 9198 3038 9198
3033 9202 3038 9222 3060 9221
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 193DEG 6KT 3043 9210
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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