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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
510 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 2026
LAZ028-122245-
RAPIDES LA-
510 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN RAPIDES PARISH
THROUGH 545 PM CDT...
AT 510 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
GLENMORA, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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...
ALEXANDRIA, GLENMORA, LECOMPTE, CALCASIEU, WOODWORTH, FOREST HILL,
MCNARY, AND UNION HILL.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 49 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 62 AND 78.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3094 9275 3106 9279 3126 9248 3102 9233
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 240DEG 19KT 3102 9266
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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