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WWUS84 KLCH 172133
SPSLCH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
433 PM CDT WED SEP 17 2025
LAZ044-152-252-253-172215-
UPPER VERMILION LA-LOWER IBERIA LA-LOWER VERMILION LA-LAFAYETTE LA-
433 PM CDT WED SEP 17 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL LAFAYETTE AND
NORTHEASTERN VERMILION PARISHES THROUGH 515 PM CDT...
AT 433 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
MAURICE, OR NEAR ABBEVILLE, MOVING SOUTH 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...
ABBEVILLE, YOUNGSVILLE, ERATH, DELCAMBRE, MAURICE, MEAUX, HENRY, AND
MILTON.
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 2988 9229 3012 9220 3011 9199 3000 9198
2999 9198 2999 9199 2995 9199 2995 9197
2985 9196
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 003DEG 13KT 3004 9211
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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