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WWUS84 KLCH 160141
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
841 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2026
LAZ141-241-TXZ201-261-262-515-516-615-616-160230-
SOUTHERN CALCASIEU LA-NORTHERN CALCASIEU LA-HARDIN TX-
NORTHERN ORANGE TX-LOWER JEFFERSON TX-SOUTHERN NEWTON TX-
SOUTHERN ORANGE TX-SOUTHERN JASPER TX-UPPER JEFFERSON TX-
841 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL CALCASIEU PARISH
JEFFERSON...SOUTHWESTERN NEWTON...SOUTHEASTERN HARDIN...ORANGE AND
SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTIES THROUGH 930 PM CDT...
AT 840 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR BUNA TO NEAR CHINA TO NEAR BEACH CITY.
MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 40 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...
BEAUMONT, PORT ARTHUR, ORANGE, NEDERLAND, GROVES, PORT NECHES,
LUMBERTON, VIDOR, BRIDGE CITY, SILSBEE, WEST ORANGE, VINTON, SOUR
LAKE, NOME, DEWEYVILLE, EVADALE, CENTRAL GARDENS, HAMSHIRE, STARKS,
AND MAURICEVILLE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 10 IN TEXAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 880 AND 832.
INTERSTATE 10 IN LOUISIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 5.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
LOUISIANA...AND SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS.
LAT...LON 2955 9439 2957 9435 2989 9436 2989 9444
3011 9445 3011 9448 3053 9401 3052 9397
3025 9353 2999 9379 3000 9377 2966 9406
2953 9438
TIME...MOT...LOC 0140Z 317DEG 32KT 3047 9395 3008 9432 2977 9489
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
TINGLER
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