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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
350 PM CDT THU OCT 2 2025
LAZ028-022115-
RAPIDES LA-
350 PM CDT THU OCT 2 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL RAPIDES PARISH THROUGH
415 PM CDT...
AT 350 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
ALEXANDRIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 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...
ALEXANDRIA, ALEXANDRIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, GARDNER, OTIS, AND
ELMER.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 49 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 78 AND 79, BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 82 AND 84, AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 89 AND 96.
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 3140 9256 3127 9242 3106 9261 3126 9282
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 047DEG 11KT 3129 9256
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
CALHOUN
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