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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
323 PM CDT WED SEP 17 2025
LAZ044-045-172100-
LAFAYETTE LA-UPPER ST. MARTIN LA-
323 PM CDT WED SEP 17 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EASTERN LAFAYETTE AND WEST
CENTRAL ST. MARTIN PARISHES THROUGH 400 PM CDT...
AT 323 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
CARENCRO, MOVING SOUTH AT 10 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...
LAFAYETTE, BREAUX BRIDGE, CARENCRO, ST. MARTINVILLE, BROUSSARD, AND
YOUNGSVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
LAT...LON 3035 9204 3036 9192 3013 9179 3011 9206
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 351DEG 8KT 3028 9197
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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