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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
513 PM CDT TUE SEP 22 2026
LAZ252-222300-
LOWER VERMILION LA-
513 PM CDT TUE SEP 22 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL VERMILION PARISH THROUGH
600 PM CDT...
AT 512 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
FORKED ISLAND, MOVING SOUTHWEST 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...
INTRACOASTAL CITY, FORKED ISLAND, AND ESTHER.
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.
IF ON OR NEAR WHITE LAKE, GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR
INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER, LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 10 MILES
FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER, YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW! DO NOT
BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 2955 9225 2982 9261 3001 9235 3001 9232
2976 9203
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 045DEG 13KT 2981 9225
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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