084
WWUS84 KLCH 212345
SPSLCH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
645 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2025
LAZ141-241-TXZ262-516-616-220015-
SOUTHERN CALCASIEU LA-NORTHERN CALCASIEU LA-NORTHERN ORANGE TX-
SOUTHERN NEWTON TX-SOUTHERN ORANGE TX-
645 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2025
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN CALCASIEU PARISH IN
SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND NORTHEASTERN ORANGE COUNTIES THROUGH 715
PM CDT...
AT 645 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR EDGERLY TO NEAR VINTON. THESE STORMS WERE
NEARLY STATIONARY.
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...
SULPHUR, ORANGE, WEST ORANGE, VINTON, STARKS, CARLYSS, BUHLER,
TOOMEY, EDGERLY, AND PINEHURST.
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.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3012 9333 3009 9376 3030 9375 3038 9341
3038 9333
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 342DEG 3KT 3029 9347 3023 9367
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
CALHOUN
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