664
WWUS84 KLCH 172127
SPSLCH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
427 PM CDT WED SEP 17 2025
LAZ074-142-152-241>243-172215-
UPPER VERMILION LA-SOUTHERN CALCASIEU LA-SOUTHERN ACADIA LA-
SOUTHERN JEFFERSON DAVIS LA-NORTHERN JEFFERSON DAVIS LA-
EAST CAMERON LA-
427 PM CDT WED SEP 17 2025
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN CAMERON
SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON DAVIS AND SOUTHEASTERN CALCASIEU PARISHES
THROUGH 515 PM CDT...
AT 427 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
THORNWELL, OR NEAR WELSH, MOVING SOUTH AT 20 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...
JENNINGS, WELSH, IOWA, LAKE ARTHUR, HAYES, KLONDIKE, THORNWELL,
LOWRY, LACASSINE, BELL CITY, AND ROANOKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
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 2999 9304 3024 9303 3025 9302 3025 9300
3026 9300 3029 9296 3024 9262 3023 9262
3021 9260 3000 9262
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 358DEG 15KT 3015 9282
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
RUA
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