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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
915 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2026
TXZ516-616-060245-
NORTHERN ORANGE TX-SOUTHERN ORANGE TX-
915 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT ORANGE COUNTY THROUGH 945 PM
CDT...
AT 915 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
MAURICEVILLE, MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND NICKEL 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...
ORANGE, VIDOR, BRIDGE CITY, WEST ORANGE, MAURICEVILLE, PINEHURST,
ORANGEFIELD, AND FOREST HEIGHTS.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 IN TEXAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 880 AND
864.
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 3024 9373 3022 9371 3021 9372 3017 9370
3015 9371 3014 9369 3014 9370 3011 9370
3008 9373 3008 9372 3006 9370 3006 9372
3002 9374 3000 9377 2998 9386 2998 9390
3022 9401
TIME...MOT...LOC 0215Z 340DEG 12KT 3019 9382
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
TINGLER
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