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WWUS84 KLCH 071918
SPSLCH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
218 PM CDT TUE JUL 7 2026
LAZ033-044-045-153-071945-
UPPER IBERIA LA-LAFAYETTE LA-ST. LANDRY LA-UPPER ST. MARTIN LA-
218 PM CDT TUE JUL 7 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EASTERN LAFAYETTE
NORTHWESTERN
ST. MARTIN AND SOUTHEASTERN ST. LANDRY PARISHES THROUGH 245 PM CDT...
AT 218 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR ARNAUDVILLE TO CECILIA TO NEAR LAFAYETTE.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAFAYETTE, CATAHOULA, BREAUX BRIDGE, ST. MARTINVILLE, KROTZ SPRINGS,
LEONVILLE, ARNAUDVILLE, BROUSSARD, YOUNGSVILLE, PORT BARRE,
HENDERSON, CADE, BUTTE LA ROSE, CECILIA, ATCHAFALAYA NATIONAL
WILDLIFE REFUGE, ATCHAFALAYA WELCOME CENTER, AND PARKS.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 IN LOUISIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 105 AND
126.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3006 9178 3011 9207 3029 9198 3054 9199
3066 9175 3063 9174 3056 9176 3051 9173
3050 9176 3050 9170 3044 9164 3039 9162
3036 9165 3035 9162 3031 9162 3028 9159
3026 9159 3024 9156 3024 9152 3022 9152
TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 240DEG 21KT 3045 9187 3032 9184 3020 9196
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
CALHOUN
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