302  
WWUS84 KLCH 092152  
SPSLCH  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA  
452 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2026  
 
TXZ516-615-616-092215-  
NORTHERN ORANGE TX-LOWER JEFFERSON TX-SOUTHERN ORANGE TX-  
452 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2026  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON AND  
ORANGE COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM CDT...  
 
AT 452 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER  
ROSE CITY, OR OVER VIDOR, MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR DAMAGE TO VEGETATION AND OUTDOOR  
OBJECTS IS POSSIBLE.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
BEAUMONT, PORT ARTHUR, ORANGE, NEDERLAND, PORT NECHES, VIDOR, BRIDGE  
CITY, WEST ORANGE, ROSE CITY, PINE FOREST, PINEHURST, AND  
ORANGEFIELD.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 IN TEXAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 878 AND  
859.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3018 9403 3019 9372 3000 9377 2999 9379  
2998 9378 2993 9379 3003 9408  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 277DEG 12KT 3013 9405  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 

 
 
KOWALSKI  
 
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