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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
505 PM CDT THU AUG 27 2026
TXZ615-272230-
LOWER JEFFERSON TX-
505 PM CDT THU AUG 27 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY THROUGH
530 PM CDT...
AT 504 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS NEAR CENTRAL GARDENS, MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BEAUMONT, PORT ARTHUR, NEDERLAND, CENTRAL GARDENS, LA BELLE, PORT
ACRES, AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS REGIONAL AIRPORT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 IN TEXAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 849 AND
846.
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 2976 9418 3001 9419 3005 9415 3006 9406
2987 9391
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 345DEG 10KT 2999 9411
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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