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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
350 PM CDT WED SEP 17 2025
LAZ044-045-152-172115-
UPPER VERMILION LA-LAFAYETTE LA-UPPER ST. MARTIN LA-
350 PM CDT WED SEP 17 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN LAFAYETTE AND
NORTHEASTERN VERMILION PARISHES THROUGH 415 PM CDT...
AT 350 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
LAFAYETTE, MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 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, SCOTT, BROUSSARD, YOUNGSVILLE, MAURICE, RIDGE, AND MILTON.
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 3029 9205 3021 9189 2996 9201 3008 9227
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 031DEG 13KT 3019 9202
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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