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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
447 PM CDT WED SEP 17 2025
LAZ027-028-031-032-172230-
EVANGELINE LA-ALLEN LA-VERNON LA-RAPIDES LA-
447 PM CDT WED SEP 17 2025
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN RAPIDES
NORTHWESTERN EVANGELINE...SOUTHEASTERN VERNON AND NORTHEASTERN ALLEN
PARISHES THROUGH 530 PM CDT...
AT 447 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
GLENMORA, MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND HALF INCH 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...
OAKDALE, GLENMORA, ELIZABETH, ELMER, CALCASIEU, FOREST HILL, MCNARY,
AND UNION HILL.
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 3114 9277 3113 9250 3094 9236 3082 9265
3092 9292
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 351DEG 16KT 3103 9261
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
CALHOUN
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