Expires:202404101300;Remove:202404101300;257931 WUUS54 KLCH 101202 SVRLCH LAC001-023-039-045-053-055-097-099-113-101300- /O.NEW.KLCH.SV.W.0073.240410T1202Z-240410T1300Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 702 AM CDT Wed Apr 10 2024 The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Cameron Parish in southwestern Louisiana... Northwestern Iberia Parish in south central Louisiana... Lafayette Parish in south central Louisiana... Eastern Jefferson Davis Parish in southwestern Louisiana... Southern Evangeline Parish in central Louisiana... Acadia Parish in southwestern Louisiana... Northern Vermilion Parish in southwestern Louisiana... Northwestern St. Martin Parish in south central Louisiana... St. Landry Parish in central Louisiana... * Until 800 AM CDT. * At 702 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Elton to near Jennings to 9 miles southeast of Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge, moving northeast at 75 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. * Locations impacted include... Lafayette, Opelousas, Crowley, Abbeville, Eunice, Jennings, Scott, Breaux Bridge, Rayne, Carencro, St. Martinville, Kaplan, Church Point, Lake Arthur, Basile, Iota, Gueydan, Krotz Springs, Elton, and Leonville. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into a small central room in a sturdy structure. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 AM CDT for central, south central and southwestern Louisiana. && LAT...LON 2979 9290 3014 9274 3046 9277 3072 9177 3021 9171 2978 9218 TIME...MOT...LOC 1202Z 234DEG 67KT 3042 9274 3016 9271 2988 9284 TORNADO...POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH $$ Calhoun