Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
914 WWUS54 KLCH 041907 SVSLCH Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 207 PM CDT Tue Jun 4 2024 LAC079-115-041930- /O.CON.KLCH.SV.W.0222.000000T0000Z-240604T1930Z/ Rapides LA-Vernon LA- 207 PM CDT Tue Jun 4 2024 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN RAPIDES AND NORTHERN VERNON PARISHES... At 207 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Flatwoods, or 10 miles southwest of Lena, moving east at 55 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Alexandria, Pineville, Leesville, Boyce, Anacoco, Hineston, Lena, Alexandria International Airport, Slagle, Fort Johnson, New Llano, Hornbeck, Lacamp, Hutton, Clifton, Flatwoods, Otis, Kurthwood, Leander, and Sieper. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. If on or near Toledo Bend, get away from the water and move indoors or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 15 miles from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now! Do not be caught on the water in a thunderstorm. && LAT...LON 3150 9268 3147 9271 3145 9270 3145 9268 3140 9269 3139 9265 3142 9251 3135 9241 3101 9292 3119 9355 3128 9353 3128 9344 3136 9339 3137 9303 3135 9295 3137 9295 3137 9292 3139 9291 3152 9272 TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 287DEG 49KT 3137 9291 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN WIND THREAT...OBSERVED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ Slaughter