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WUUS54 KLCH 112023
SVRLCH
LAC001-039-097-112045-
/O.NEW.KLCH.SV.W.0054.080411T2022Z-080411T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
322 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN EVANGELINE PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  CENTRAL ST. LANDRY PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES  OPELOUSAS...
  NORTH CENTRAL ACADIA PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 319 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES WEST OF OPELOUSAS...OR ABOUT 9 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF EUNICE...AND MOVING EAST AT 34 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WASHINGTON AND OPELOUSAS BY 340 PM CDT...
  6 MILES NORTHWEST OF PORT BARRE BY 345 PM CDT...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS
OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS
ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR
THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

LAT...LON 3075 9194 3050 9189 3044 9240 3062 9245
TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 258DEG 29KT 3056 9226

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