SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

444 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2010

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AVOYELLES LA-

444 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AVOYELLES PARISH UNTIL 545 PM

CDT...

AT 437 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A

STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF MARKSVILLE...MOVING

SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...

MANSURA BY 450 PM...

BORDELONVILLE BY 455 PM...

MOREAUVILLE BY 500 PM...

BIG BEND BY 510 PM...

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING...PEA TO

NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN

TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A

SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM SATURDAY

EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA.