000 FPUS74 KLCH 272324 NOWLCH SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 624 PM CDT WED AUG 27 2008 LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-280130- VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY- CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN- CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-TYLER-JASPER- NEWTON-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...ALEXANDRIA...MARKSVILLE... DERIDDER...OAKDALE...VILLE PLATTE...OPELOUSAS...LAKE CHARLES... JENNINGS...CROWLEY...LAFAYETTE...ST. MARTINVILLE...CAMERON... ABBEVILLE...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...WOODVILLE...JASPER... NEWTON...LUMBERTON...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE 624 PM CDT WED AUG 27 2008 .NOW... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST EAST OF ABBEVILLE IN VERMILION PARISH...SOUTHEAST OF LONGVILLE IN BEAUREGARD PARISH AND LACAMP IN VERNON PARISH. STORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS... BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ALONG WITH CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. ELSEWHERE...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA. MOVEMENT IS VERY SLOW THIS EVENING. $$ K. KUYPER