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WWUS84 KLCH 282102
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
402 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2025
LAZ028-029-031>033-142-143-282130-
NORTHERN ACADIA LA-ST. LANDRY LA-AVOYELLES LA-EVANGELINE LA-ALLEN LA-
RAPIDES LA-NORTHERN JEFFERSON DAVIS LA-
402 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2025
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN RAPIDES
NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON DAVIS...EVANGELINE...NORTHWESTERN ACADIA...
SOUTHERN AVOYELLES...ST. LANDRY AND ALLEN PARISHES THROUGH 430 PM
CDT...
AT 402 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
CHATAIGNIER, OR NEAR MAMOU, MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR DAMAGE TO VEGETATION AND OUTDOOR
OBJECTS IS POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OPELOUSAS, EUNICE, OAKDALE, VILLE PLATTE, BUNKIE, MAMOU, KINDER,
SIMMESPORT, BASILE, OBERLIN, GLENMORA, ELTON, LEONVILLE, ELIZABETH,
TURKEY CREEK, PALMETTO, BAYOU CURRENT, MORROW, PORT BARRE, AND
COTTONPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3099 9180 3087 9180 3085 9182 3084 9180
3081 9181 3080 9179 3044 9176 3046 9291
3088 9290 3088 9283 3096 9282
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 163DEG 42KT 3059 9232
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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