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WWUS84 KLCH 172234
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
534 PM CDT WED SEP 17 2025
LAZ033-045-153-154-172300-
UPPER IBERIA LA-ST. LANDRY LA-UPPER ST. MARY LA-UPPER ST. MARTIN LA-
534 PM CDT WED SEP 17 2025
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL IBERIA
NORTH
CENTRAL ST. MARY...NORTHWESTERN ST. MARTIN AND SOUTHEASTERN ST.
LANDRY PARISHES THROUGH 600 PM CDT...
AT 534 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR ATCHAFALAYA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE TO 10
MILES EAST OF LAKE FAUSSE POINTE. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHWEST 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...
CATAHOULA, HENDERSON, SORREL, BUTTE LA ROSE, CECILIA, ATCHAFALAYA
WELCOME CENTER, LAKE FAUSSE POINTE, AND ATCHAFALAYA NATIONAL WILDLIFE
REFUGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 2986 9163 3040 9190 3050 9173 3050 9170
3044 9164 3039 9162 3036 9165 3035 9162
3031 9162 3028 9159 3026 9159 3024 9156
3023 9148 3020 9149 3019 9147 3010 9147
3010 9138 3006 9137 3006 9133
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 043DEG 13KT 3045 9165 3003 9147
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
CALHOUN
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