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WWUS84 KLCH 302134
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
434 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2025
LAZ028-302230-
RAPIDES LA-
434 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2025
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL RAPIDES PARISH THROUGH
530 PM CDT...
AT 434 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER TIOGA, OR OVER PINEVILLE, MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HALF INCH 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...
ALEXANDRIA, PINEVILLE, BOYCE, ALEXANDRIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, BALL,
LECOMPTE, LIBUSE, TIOGA, TIMBER TRAILS, OTIS, KINGSVILLE, POLAND,
KOLIN, GARDNER, RUBY, PARADISE, ESLER REGIONAL AIRPORT, AND
WOODWORTH.
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.
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 3142 9269 3141 9268 3140 9269 3140 9267
3139 9266 3139 9263 3143 9242 3137 9219
3133 9220 3133 9222 3132 9223 3120 9223
3104 9227 3121 9276
TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 014DEG 13KT 3136 9245
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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