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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1243 PM CDT TUE JUL 7 2026
LAZ142-241-242-071815-
SOUTHERN CALCASIEU LA-SOUTHERN JEFFERSON DAVIS LA-
NORTHERN JEFFERSON DAVIS LA-
1243 PM CDT TUE JUL 7 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH
THROUGH 115 PM CDT...
AT 1243 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
WELSH, MOVING NORTH AT 20 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...
WELSH, IOWA, FENTON, PINE ISLAND, LACASSINE, AND ROANOKE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 IN LOUISIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 44 AND
60.
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 3013 9301 3025 9301 3025 9300 3026 9300
3026 9301 3036 9301 3044 9277 3016 9270
TIME...MOT...LOC 1743Z 178DEG 17KT 3021 9291
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
CALHOUN
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