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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
502 AM CDT WED MAY 27 2026
LAZ027-030-073-141-241-TXZ259>262-516-615-616-271100-
WEST CAMERON LA-SOUTHERN CALCASIEU LA-BEAUREGARD LA-VERNON LA-
NORTHERN CALCASIEU LA-NORTHERN ORANGE TX-LOWER JEFFERSON TX-
SOUTHERN NEWTON TX-SOUTHERN ORANGE TX-NORTHERN NEWTON TX-
NORTHERN JASPER TX-SOUTHERN JASPER TX-
502 AM CDT WED MAY 27 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN CAMERON
WESTERN
BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU AND SOUTHWESTERN VERNON PARISHES...
SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON...NEWTON...ORANGE AND JASPER COUNTIES THROUGH
600 AM CDT...
AT 502 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES WEST OF PINELAND TO PORT NECHES TO 42
MILES SOUTHEAST OF GILCHRIST. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PORT ARTHUR, SULPHUR, ORANGE, NEDERLAND, GROVES, PORT NECHES, VIDOR,
BRIDGE CITY, JASPER, CAMERON, WEST ORANGE, VINTON, NEWTON,
KIRBYVILLE, MERRYVILLE, SINGER, SABINE PASS, JOHNSONS BAYOU, TOLEDO
BEND DAM, AND FIELDS.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 10 IN TEXAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 880 AND 861.
INTERSTATE 10 IN LOUISIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 25.
INTERSTATE 210 NEAR MILE MARKER 1.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
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 2996 9399 3059 9409 3064 9405 3069 9410
3109 9416 3116 9391 3117 9358 3128 9353
3128 9349 3005 9326 2984 9330 2982 9335
2968 9335 2966 9365 2960 9381 2956 9409
TIME...MOT...LOC 1002Z 268DEG 34KT 3120 9413 2996 9393 2895 9420
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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