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WWUS84 KLCH 052310
SPSLCH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
610 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2026
LAZ044-143-152-242-243-052345-
UPPER VERMILION LA-SOUTHERN ACADIA LA-LAFAYETTE LA-
NORTHERN ACADIA LA-SOUTHERN JEFFERSON DAVIS LA-
610 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL LAFAYETTE
SOUTHERN ACADIA AND NORTH CENTRAL VERMILION PARISHES THROUGH 645 PM
CDT...
AT 610 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
MERMENTAU, MOVING EAST 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...
CROWLEY, KAPLAN, MERMENTAU, EVANGELINE, MORSE, RICEVILLE, LYONS
POINT, INDIAN BAYOU, EGAN, ESTHERWOOD, AND MIDLAND.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 IN LOUISIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 69 AND
78.
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 3001 9231 3000 9238 3009 9265 3019 9261
3019 9259 3020 9259 3021 9260 3027 9258
3019 9221 2999 9224 2999 9227
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 287DEG 18KT 3016 9254
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
JONES
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