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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1233 PM CDT TUE JUL 7 2026
LAZ141-142-241-071800-
SOUTHERN CALCASIEU LA-NORTHERN CALCASIEU LA-
NORTHERN JEFFERSON DAVIS LA-
1233 PM CDT TUE JUL 7 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL JEFFERSON DAVIS AND
SOUTHEASTERN CALCASIEU PARISHES THROUGH 100 PM CDT...
AT 1233 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
LAKE CHARLES, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 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...
LAKE CHARLES, IOWA, MOSS BLUFF, AND LEBLEU SETTLEMENT.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 10 IN LOUISIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 32 AND 44.
INTERSTATE 210 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 6 AND 12.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
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 3012 9314 3016 9324 3038 9315 3030 9293
TIME...MOT...LOC 1733Z 210DEG 14KT 3023 9314
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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