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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
748 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2026
LAZ141-241-060130-
SOUTHERN CALCASIEU LA-NORTHERN CALCASIEU LA-
748 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN CALCASIEU PARISH
THROUGH 830 PM CDT...
AT 747 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
LAKE CHARLES, MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH AND HALF INCH 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...
LAKE CHARLES, WESTLAKE, LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL AIRPORT, AND HOLMWOOD.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 10 IN LOUISIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 26 AND 34.
INTERSTATE 210 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 12.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
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 3008 9336 3027 9328 3026 9320 3025 9318
3022 9300 3004 9302
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 003DEG 13KT 3019 9316
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
TINGLER
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