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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
612 PM CDT THU JUL 3 2025
LAZ028-032345-
RAPIDES LA-
612 PM CDT THU JUL 3 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL RAPIDES PARISH
THROUGH 645 PM CDT...
AT 612 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES WEST OF LECOMPTE, OR 10 MILES NORTH OF GLENMORA, MOVING EAST AT
5 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...
LECOMPTE, WOODWORTH, FOREST HILL, AND MCNARY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
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 3108 9233 3096 9246 3095 9248 3094 9248
3104 9268 3122 9267 3126 9236
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 267DEG 6KT 3112 9253
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
CALHOUN
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