Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
287 WWUS54 KLCH 281651 SVSLCH Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 1151 AM CDT Tue May 28 2024 TXC241-351-281715- /O.CON.KLCH.SV.W.0174.000000T0000Z-240528T1715Z/ Newton TX-Jasper TX- 1151 AM CDT Tue May 28 2024 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN NEWTON AND NORTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTIES... At 1151 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Harrisburg, or 10 miles northeast of Jasper, moving southeast at 20 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. Locations impacted include... Harrisburg, Jamestown, Mayflower, and Farrsville. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature`s leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. && LAT...LON 3116 9366 3091 9381 3098 9397 3111 9393 3117 9377 3117 9376 TIME...MOT...LOC 1651Z 310DEG 19KT 3102 9387 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH $$ Tingler