Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
621 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013

LAZ054-242345-
ST. MARY LA-
621 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ST. MARY PARISH UNTIL 645 PM
CDT...

AT 619 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AMELIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
20 MPH.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED PARISH.

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...PEA TO
NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN
TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A
SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.


LAT...LON 2959 9108 2952 9121 2952 9123 2959 9130
      2971 9115 2966 9109 2965 9110 2963 9108
      2961 9107 2960 9107

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