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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
556 AM CDT WED MAY 27 2026
LAZ027-030-073-074-141-142-241-TXZ260-271145-
WEST CAMERON LA-SOUTHERN CALCASIEU LA-BEAUREGARD LA-VERNON LA-
NORTHERN CALCASIEU LA-EAST CAMERON LA-NORTHERN JEFFERSON DAVIS LA-
NORTHERN NEWTON TX-
556 AM CDT WED MAY 27 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL CAMERON
BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU...WESTERN VERNON PARISHES IN WEST CENTRAL
LOUISIANA AND NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTIES THROUGH 645 AM CDT...
AT 556 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PINELAND TO NEAR EDGERLY
TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF HOLLY BEACH. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 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...
LAKE CHARLES, SULPHUR, DE RIDDER, CAMERON, WESTLAKE, IOWA, NEWTON,
ROSEPINE, MERRYVILLE, GRAND LAKE, SINGER, MOSS BLUFF, DE QUINCY,
RAGLEY, TOLEDO BEND DAM, LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL AIRPORT, FIELDS, BON
WEIR, BURKEVILLE, AND LUNITA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 10 IN LOUISIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 12 AND 42.
INTERSTATE 210 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 12.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3054 9313 3042 9313 3042 9309 3021 9301
2964 9304 2968 9315 2965 9357 3019 9353
3116 9391 3117 9358 3128 9353 3128 9344
3131 9342
TIME...MOT...LOC 1056Z 266DEG 33KT 3120 9388 3019 9347 2942 9352
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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