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WWUS84 KLCH 022139
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
439 PM CDT THU OCT 2 2025
LAZ252-022215-
LOWER VERMILION LA-
439 PM CDT THU OCT 2 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN VERMILION PARISH
THROUGH 515 PM CDT...
AT 438 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
ESTHER, OR NEAR INTRACOASTAL CITY, MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 20 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...
ABBEVILLE, INTRACOASTAL CITY, FORKED ISLAND, ESTHER, AND HENRY.
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 2998 9213 2987 9198 2961 9224 2989 9246
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 031DEG 17KT 2986 9217
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
CALHOUN
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