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WWUS84 KLCH 302013
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
313 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2025
LAZ254-302045-
LOWER ST. MARY LA-
313 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2025
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL ST. MARY PARISH THROUGH
345 PM CDT...
AT 313 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELLERSLIE TO 12 MILES
SOUTH OF BAYOU VISTA. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PENNY 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...
FRANKLIN, BURNS POINT, ELLERSLIE, COTE BLANCHE ISLAND, AND GLENCOE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 2943 9130 2951 9156 2963 9167 2977 9178
2984 9162 2972 9141 2958 9122 2956 9123
2953 9127 2948 9127 2947 9126 2944 9126
2943 9122 2942 9121
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 358DEG 7KT 2970 9159 2951 9123
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
CALHOUN
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