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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
117 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2025
LAZ073-141-241-TXZ261-262-515-516-615-616-281900-
WEST CAMERON LA-SOUTHERN CALCASIEU LA-NORTHERN CALCASIEU LA-
NORTHERN ORANGE TX-LOWER JEFFERSON TX-SOUTHERN NEWTON TX-
SOUTHERN ORANGE TX-SOUTHERN JASPER TX-UPPER JEFFERSON TX-
117 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2025
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN CAMERON AND
SOUTHWESTERN CALCASIEU PARISHES...NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON...
SOUTHWESTERN NEWTON...ORANGE AND SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTIES THROUGH
200 PM CDT...
AT 117 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER GROVES, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 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...
BEAUMONT, PORT ARTHUR, ORANGE, NEDERLAND, GROVES, PORT NECHES, VIDOR,
BRIDGE CITY, WEST ORANGE, VINTON, DEWEYVILLE, CENTRAL GARDENS,
STARKS, MAURICEVILLE, BUNA, ROSE CITY, PINE FOREST, LAKEVIEW, GIST,
AND PORT ACRES.
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 2995 9426 3017 9414 3016 9411 3019 9411
3020 9409 3022 9411 3045 9398 3028 9351
2969 9374
TIME...MOT...LOC 1817Z 202DEG 36KT 2994 9395
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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