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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
253 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2026
LAZ028-092045-
RAPIDES LA-
253 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN RAPIDES PARISH
THROUGH 345 PM CDT...
AT 253 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR BALL TO CLIFTON. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT
35 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...
ALEXANDRIA, PINEVILLE, BOYCE, ALEXANDRIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, BALL,
LIBUSE, TIOGA, TIMBER TRAILS, ESLER REGIONAL AIRPORT, CLIFTON,
KINGSVILLE, GARDNER, AND PARADISE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 49 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 85 AND 107.
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.
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3147 9269 3147 9271 3145 9271 3145 9268
3142 9269 3141 9268 3140 9269 3140 9267
3139 9266 3148 9221 3147 9219 3132 9234
3123 9283 3127 9285 3129 9288 3132 9288
3146 9276 3148 9270
TIME...MOT...LOC 1953Z 219DEG 32KT 3142 9236 3129 9284
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
CALHOUN
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