812  
WWUS84 KLCH 302323  
SPSLCH  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA  
623 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2025  
 
LAZ073-241-TXZ261-262-516-616-310000-  
WEST CAMERON LA-SOUTHERN CALCASIEU LA-NORTHERN ORANGE TX-  
SOUTHERN NEWTON TX-SOUTHERN ORANGE TX-SOUTHERN JASPER TX-  
623 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2025  
 
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN CAMERON AND  
SOUTHWESTERN CALCASIEU PARISHES...SOUTHWESTERN NEWTON AND ORANGE  
COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM CDT...  
 
AT 623 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG  
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR VIDOR TO NEAR SABINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE.  
MOVEMENT WAS NORTH 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...  
ORANGE, VIDOR, BRIDGE CITY, WEST ORANGE, MAURICEVILLE, GIST,  
PINEHURST, FOREST HEIGHTS, TOOMEY, AND ORANGEFIELD.  
 
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.  
 
THESE STORMS 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 3009 9398 3034 9393 3021 9371 3015 9371  
3014 9369 3013 9370 3016 9363 3003 9343  
2986 9370  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 179DEG 5KT 3013 9392 2995 9363  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 

 
 
CALHOUN  
 
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