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WWUS54 KLCH 172202
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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
502 PM CDT WED SEP 17 2025
LAC019-023-053-172230-
/O.CON.KLCH.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-250917T2230Z/
CAMERON LA-JEFFERSON DAVIS LA-CALCASIEU LA-
502 PM CDT WED SEP 17 2025
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN CAMERON...SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON DAVIS AND
SOUTHEASTERN CALCASIEU PARISHES...
AT 502 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR RICEVILLE TO LOWRY TO NEAR HOLMWOOD, MOVING SOUTH
AT 10 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...
LAKE ARTHUR, 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.
CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS 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 3017 9302 3011 9275 3015 9262 3014 9263
3009 9262 3007 9263 3008 9265 3006 9268
3004 9272 3004 9262 2997 9262 2992 9277
3000 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 005DEG 8KT 3010 9259 3005 9277 3010 9302
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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