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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
855 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2026
LAZ030-141-241-TXZ261-262-516-616-060230-
SOUTHERN CALCASIEU LA-BEAUREGARD LA-NORTHERN CALCASIEU LA-
NORTHERN ORANGE TX-SOUTHERN NEWTON TX-SOUTHERN ORANGE TX-
SOUTHERN JASPER TX-
855 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN BEAUREGARD AND
WESTERN CALCASIEU PARISHES...SOUTHWESTERN NEWTON...ORANGE AND
SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTIES THROUGH 930 PM CDT...
AT 855 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM MAURICEVILLE TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RAGLEY.
MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 15 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...
LAKE CHARLES, SULPHUR, ORANGE, VIDOR, BRIDGE CITY, WESTLAKE, WEST
ORANGE, VINTON, DEWEYVILLE, MOSS BLUFF, DE QUINCY, STARKS,
MAURICEVILLE, GIST, LUNITA, HARTBURG, TOOMEY, EDGERLY, DEVILS POCKET,
AND ORETTA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 10 IN TEXAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 880 AND 863.
INTERSTATE 10 IN LOUISIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 35.
INTERSTATE 210 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 2, AND NEAR MILE MARKER
12.
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 2999 9390 3026 9309 3057 9342 3030 9409
TIME...MOT...LOC 0155Z 331DEG 15KT 3022 9390 3046 9332
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
TINGLER
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