463 
FPUS74 KLCH 260950
NOWLCH

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
350 AM CST WED MAR 26 2003

GMZ450-455-470-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-
261100-
ACADIA-ALLEN-ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO CAMERON 20 NM OUT-
ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO CAMERON 20 TO 60 NM OUT-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-
CALCASIEU-CAMERON-CAMERON TO HIGH ISLAND 20 NM OUT-
CAMERON TO HIGH ISLAND 20 TO 60 NM OUT-EVANGELINE-HARDIN-IBERIA-
JASPER-JEFFERSON-JEFFERSON DAVIS-LAFAYETTE-LOWER ST MARTIN-NEWTON-
ORANGE-RAPIDES-ST LANDRY-ST MARY-TYLER-UPPER ST MARTIN-VERMILION-
VERNON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...ALEXANDRIA...
BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...CAMERON...CROWLEY...DERIDDER...JASPER...
JENNINGS...KOUNTZE...LAFAYETTE...LAKE CHARLES...LEESVILLE...
MARKSVILLE...MORGAN CITY...NEW IBERIA...NEWTON...OBERLIN...
OPELOUSAS...ORANGE...ST MARTINVILLE...VILLE PLATTE...WOODVILLE

.NOW...
THROUGH 5 AM...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST
AT 25 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...FROM ORANGE TO TOLEDO BEND IN TEXAS...TO ALEXANDRIA AND
LAKE CHARLES IN LOUISIANA. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL EXTEND INTO
THE COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF CAMERON TO SABINE PASS. THE STRONGEST
STORMS WILL BE BETWEEN HACKBERRY AND LAKE CHARLES...WHERE 35 MPH
WIND GUSTS WILL ACCOMPANY AROUND ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN AND
LIGHTNING.

$$

ERICKSON