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WWUS84 KLCH 302059
SPSLCH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
359 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2025
LAZ044-152-153-252-253-302130-
UPPER VERMILION LA-LOWER IBERIA LA-LOWER VERMILION LA-
UPPER IBERIA LA-LAFAYETTE LA-
359 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2025
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN IBERIA
SOUTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE AND NORTHEASTERN VERMILION PARISHES THROUGH
430 PM CDT...
AT 359 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
JEFFERSON ISLAND, OR 7 MILES EAST OF ABBEVILLE, MOVING SOUTHWEST 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...
ABBEVILLE, YOUNGSVILLE, ERATH, DELCAMBRE, COTEAU, ACADIANA REGIONAL
AIRPORT, AND JEFFERSON ISLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3000 9218 3012 9202 3008 9195 3007 9195
3007 9194 3003 9187 2984 9199
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 027DEG 6KT 3001 9201
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
CALHOUN
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