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WUUS54 KLCH 231249
SVRLCH
LAC023-TXC245-361-231330-
/O.NEW.KLCH.SV.W.0050.260523T1249Z-260523T1330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
749 AM CDT SAT MAY 23 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CAMERON PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 830 AM CDT.
* AT 749 AM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER LA BELLE, OR
8 MILES EAST OF HAMSHIRE, MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BEAUMONT, PORT ARTHUR, ORANGE, NEDERLAND, GROVES, PORT NECHES,
VIDOR, BRIDGE CITY, WEST ORANGE, CENTRAL GARDENS, PINEHURST, PORT
ACRES, ORANGEFIELD, FANNETT, LA BELLE, AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS REGIONAL
AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 2969 9414 2998 9434 3019 9379 2983 9368
TIME...MOT...LOC 1249Z 248DEG 32KT 2986 9418
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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