101  
WWUS84 KLCH 282017  
SPSLCH  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA  
317 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2025  
 
LAZ031-141-142-241-242-282045-  
SOUTHERN CALCASIEU LA-ALLEN LA-SOUTHERN JEFFERSON DAVIS LA-  
NORTHERN CALCASIEU LA-NORTHERN JEFFERSON DAVIS LA-  
317 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2025  
   
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL JEFFERSON DAVIS  
 
SOUTHEASTERN CALCASIEU AND SOUTHWESTERN ALLEN PARISHES THROUGH 345 PM  
CDT...  
 
AT 317 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR  
HAYES, MOVING 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...  
WELSH, IOWA, KINDER, OBERLIN, FENTON, REEVES, HAYES, BULLER,  
THORNWELL, LEBLANC, LACASSINE, AND BELL CITY.  
 
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 3005 9280 3005 9305 3059 9312 3057 9276  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 179DEG 33KT 3016 9293  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
RUA  
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