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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
747 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2026
LAZ141-241-060115-
SOUTHERN CALCASIEU LA-NORTHERN CALCASIEU LA-
747 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN CALCASIEU PARISH
THROUGH 815 PM CDT...
AT 747 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
LUNITA, OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF DE QUINCY, MOVING SOUTH AT 10 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...
SULPHUR, VINTON, EDGERLY, AND CARLYSS.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 IN LOUISIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 9 AND
20.
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 3040 9358 3040 9349 3042 9349 3043 9344
3019 9337 3018 9360
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 350DEG 11KT 3033 9350
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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