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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
314 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2025
LAZ031>033-044-045-142-143-282100-
LAFAYETTE LA-NORTHERN ACADIA LA-ST. LANDRY LA-EVANGELINE LA-ALLEN LA-
UPPER ST. MARTIN LA-NORTHERN JEFFERSON DAVIS LA-
314 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2025
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE
NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON DAVIS...SOUTHERN EVANGELINE...NORTHERN
ACADIA...NORTHWESTERN ST. MARTIN...ST. LANDRY AND SOUTHEASTERN ALLEN
PARISHES THROUGH 400 PM CDT...
AT 313 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM PINE ISLAND TO 9 MILES SOUTH OF GROSSE TETE.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 30 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...
LAFAYETTE, OPELOUSAS, EUNICE, SCOTT, BREAUX BRIDGE, CARENCRO, CHURCH
POINT, MAMOU, BASILE, IOTA, KROTZ SPRINGS, ELTON, LEONVILLE,
ARNAUDVILLE, SUNSET, PORT BARRE, HENDERSON, WASHINGTON, GRAND COTEAU,
AND CANKTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3030 9280 3068 9273 3063 9174 3061 9176
3056 9176 3051 9173 3051 9175 3050 9176
3050 9170 3044 9164 3039 9162 3036 9165
3035 9162 3031 9162 3028 9159 3026 9159
3024 9156 3023 9148
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 183DEG 24KT 3032 9278 3028 9143
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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