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WWUS84 KLCH 220031
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
731 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2025
LAZ073-074-241-220100-
WEST CAMERON LA-SOUTHERN CALCASIEU LA-EAST CAMERON LA-
731 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL CAMERON AND
SOUTHEASTERN CALCASIEU PARISHES THROUGH 800 PM CDT...
AT 731 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
GRAND LAKE, MOVING EAST AT 20 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...
LAKE CHARLES, SULPHUR, GRAND LAKE, LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL AIRPORT,
CARLYSS, HACKETTS CORNER, HEBERTS MARINA, SWEET LAKE, HOLMWOOD, AND
HACKBERRY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3002 9347 3020 9347 3022 9341 3022 9303
2995 9306
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 278DEG 18KT 3010 9333
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
CALHOUN
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