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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
436 PM CDT WED SEP 17 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CAMERON PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT.
* AT 436 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM MERMENTAU TO NEAR THORNWELL TO NEAR IOWA, MOVING
SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
IOWA, LAKE ARTHUR, MERMENTAU, LACASSINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE,
HAYES, KLONDIKE, THORNWELL, LOWRY, AND BELL CITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING WIND, AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
ARE OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING
IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER, IF YOU CAN HEAR
THUNDER, YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS, AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3000 9305 3025 9301 3018 9275 3020 9259
3018 9259 3017 9262 3016 9261 3014 9263
3009 9262 3007 9263 3008 9265 3006 9268
3004 9272 3004 9262 2997 9262 2992 9277
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 002DEG 14KT 3016 9259 3011 9276 3020 9300
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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