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WWUS84 KLCH 261225
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
725 AM CDT FRI JUL 26 2024
LAZ073-074-241-261330-
WEST CAMERON LA-SOUTHERN CALCASIEU LA-EAST CAMERON LA-
725 AM CDT FRI JUL 26 2024
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CAMERON AND SOUTHWESTERN
CALCASIEU PARISHES THROUGH 830 AM CDT...
AT 725 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR SABINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE TO NEAR HOLLY
BEACH TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF CREOLE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 10 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, CAMERON, GRAND LAKE, SABINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE, GRAND CHENIER,
JOHNSONS BAYOU, LACASSINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, HACKETTS CORNER,
HEBERTS MARINA, TOOMEY, HACKBERRY, HOLLY BEACH, CREOLE, SWEET LAKE,
GIBBSTOWN, CONSTANCE BEACH, AND RUTHERFORD BEACH.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 IN LOUISIANA NEAR MILE MARKER 1.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
IF ON OR NEAR INLAND LAKES AND BAY, 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 2980 9391 2985 9379 2997 9376 2999 9379
3006 9372 3006 9370 3009 9373 3013 9370
3015 9364 3010 9323 2999 9293 2972 9298
2978 9320 2976 9334 2979 9332 2980 9334
2976 9335 2977 9348 2975 9368 2969 9384
TIME...MOT...LOC 1225Z 189DEG 9KT 2998 9358 2977 9338 2971 9307
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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