916  
WUUS54 KLCH 302208  
SVRLCH  
LAC079-302300-  
/O.NEW.KLCH.SV.W.0149.250730T2208Z-250730T2300Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA  
508 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2025  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
SOUTHWESTERN RAPIDES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...  
 
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 508 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GARDNER, OR 8  
MILES NORTHEAST OF HINESTON, MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
GLENMORA, HINESTON, GARDNER, OTIS, ELMER, CALCASIEU, WOODWORTH,  
FOREST HILL, AND MCNARY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING WIND, AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING  
ARE OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS  
ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER, IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER,  
YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO  
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3132 9269 3124 9250 3096 9254 3104 9283  
3106 9283  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 028DEG 10KT 3122 9264  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 

 
 
RUA  
 
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