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WWUS84 KLCH 222146
SPSLCH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
446 PM CDT TUE SEP 22 2026
LAZ141-TXZ262-516-616-222230-
NORTHERN CALCASIEU LA-NORTHERN ORANGE TX-SOUTHERN NEWTON TX-
SOUTHERN ORANGE TX-
446 PM CDT TUE SEP 22 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL CALCASIEU PARISH IN
SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND EASTERN ORANGE COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM
CDT...
AT 446 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
FOREST HEIGHTS, OR NEAR ORANGE, MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ORANGE, VIDOR, BRIDGE CITY, WEST ORANGE, PINEHURST, HARTBURG, FOREST
HEIGHTS, AND ORANGEFIELD.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 10 IN TEXAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 880 AND 865.
INTERSTATE 10 IN LOUISIANA NEAR MILE MARKER 2.
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 3030 9375 3021 9363 3014 9367 3013 9370
3011 9370 3011 9371 3008 9372 3009 9373
3007 9372 3002 9375 3001 9377 3013 9396
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 037DEG 12KT 3020 9374
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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