437  
WWUS84 KLCH 222145  
SPSLCH  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA  
445 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2025  
 
LAZ073-TXZ515-615-222230-  
WEST CAMERON LA-LOWER JEFFERSON TX-UPPER JEFFERSON TX-  
445 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2025  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WESTERN CAMERON PARISH IN  
SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM  
CDT...  
 
AT 445 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER  
LA BELLE, OR 10 MILES EAST OF HAMSHIRE, MOVING SOUTHEAST 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...  
PORT ARTHUR, SABINE PASS, HAMSHIRE, FANNETT, LA BELLE, PORT ACRES,  
AND SEA RIM STATE PARK.  
 
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 2991 9435 3001 9424 2977 9375 2961 9417  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 311DEG 16KT 2985 9415  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 

 
 
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