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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
1018 PM CDT Sat Aug 15 2026

LAZ027>033-044-045-055-073-074-141>143-152>154-241>243-252>254-
TXZ180-201-259>262-515-516-615-616-170100-
/O.NEW.KLCH.HT.Y.0013.260816T1600Z-260817T0100Z/
Vernon-Rapides-Avoyelles-Beauregard-Allen-Evangeline-St. Landry-
Lafayette-Upper St. Martin-Lower St. Martin-West Cameron-East
Cameron-Northern Calcasieu-Northern Jefferson Davis-Northern
Acadia-Upper Vermilion-Upper Iberia-Upper St. Mary-Southern
Calcasieu-Southern Jefferson Davis-Southern Acadia-Lower
Vermilion-Lower Iberia-Lower St. Mary-Tyler-Hardin-Northern
Jasper-Northern Newton-Southern Jasper-Southern Newton-Upper
Jefferson-Northern Orange-Lower Jefferson-Southern Orange-
Including the cities of Lafayette, Warren, Kinder, Jasper, St.
Martinville, Slagle, St. Landry, Deweyville, Topsy, Lawtell,
Leesville, Vinton, Fort Polk, Jennings, Patterson, Gueydan,
Church Point, Bayou Vista, Mamou, Iota, Centerville, Ivanhoe,
Rayne, Grand Chenier, Elton, Orange, Ville Platte, Hillister,
Bell City, Hackberry, Wiergate, Silsbee, Johnson Bayou, Grand
Lake, Stephensville, Marksville, Beaver, Jeanerette, Hayes,
Oretta, Cade, Carlyss, Port Arthur, Lake Charles, Meaux,
Abbeville, Bridge City, Sulphur, Town Bluff, Simmesport, Maurice,
Holly Springs, Lumberton, Nederland, China, Roganville, Bunkie,
Gist, Creole, Lake Arthur, Breaux Bridge, Oakdale, Eunice,
Cameron, Jamestown, Forked Island, Pickering, Klondike, Mansura,
Cypremort Point, New Iberia, Welsh, Kaplan, Sea Rim State Park,
Moss Bluff, Westlake, Morse, Rutherford Beach, Branch, Berwick,
Buna, Burns Point, Burkeville, Vidor, Farrsville, Bundick Lake,
Hathaway, Evadale, Cottonport, Opelousas, Bleakwood, Franklin,
Woodville, Magnolia Springs, De Quincy, Avery Island, Reddell,
Mt. Union, Effie, Call, Mauriceville, Fields, Sabine Pass,
Intracoastal City, De Ridder, Pineville, Iowa, Fenton, Fred,
Spurger, Newton, Alexandria, Kirbyville, Morgan City, Crowley,
and Beaumont
1018 PM CDT Sat Aug 15 2026

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM CDT SUNDAY...

* WHAT...Heat index values up to 109 expected.

* WHERE...Portions of central, south central, southwest, and west 
  central Louisiana and southeast Texas.

* WHEN...From 11 AM to 8 PM CDT Sunday.

* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat 
  illnesses.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of 
the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.

&&

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