178  
WWUS84 KLCH 220001  
SPSLCH  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA  
701 PM CDT MON SEP 21 2026  
 
LAZ073-074-241-220045-  
WEST CAMERON LA-SOUTHERN CALCASIEU LA-EAST CAMERON LA-  
701 PM CDT MON SEP 21 2026  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL CAMERON AND  
SOUTHEASTERN CALCASIEU PARISHES THROUGH 745 PM CDT...  
 
AT 701 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR  
LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL AIRPORT, MOVING WEST AT 15 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...  
GRAND LAKE, LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL AIRPORT, HACKBERRY, CARLYSS,  
HACKETTS CORNER, HEBERTS MARINA, SWEET LAKE, AND HOLMWOOD.  
 
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 3014 9305 2997 9306 2994 9344 3019 9344  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 089DEG 14KT 3007 9315  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 
 
 
RUA  
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