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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
315 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL AVOYELLES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  ST. LANDRY PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES...MORROW...BAYOU CURRENT...PALMETTO...OPELOUSAS...
  MELVILLE...KROTZ SPRINGS...

* UNTIL 400 AM CDT

* AT 314 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MORROW...
  MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PORT BARRE BY 320 AM CDT...
  PALMETTO BY 325 AM CDT...
  BAYOU CURRENT BY 330 AM CDT...
  MELVILLE AND KROTZ SPRINGS BY 340 AM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. STAY INDOORS...
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

HAIL UP TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER OR PING PONG BALL SIZE HAS BEEN
REPORTED IN VILLE PLATTE WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF
THE STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

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PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
337-477-5285 EXTENSION 1.

LAT...LON 3054 9219 3093 9211 3096 9179 3088 9179
      3086 9181 3085 9179 3082 9180 3078 9175
      3071 9173 3056 9175 3051 9173 3050 9176
      3042 9170
TIME...MOT...LOC 0814Z 281DEG 32KT 3076 9200

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