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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
539 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2025
LAZ032-033-302315-
ST. LANDRY LA-EVANGELINE LA-
539 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN EVANGELINE AND
CENTRAL ST. LANDRY PARISHES THROUGH 615 PM CDT...
AT 538 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
WASHINGTON, OR 8 MILES WEST OF PALMETTO, MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OPELOUSAS, VILLE PLATTE, PALMETTO, WASHINGTON, CHATAIGNIER, LAWTELL,
PRAIRIE RONDE, GRAND PRAIRIE, AND LEBEAU.
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 3081 9206 3076 9182 3048 9203 3055 9245
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 050DEG 32KT 3067 9204
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
DENSON
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