Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
557 PM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013

LAZ027-028-030-190000-
RAPIDES LA-BEAUREGARD LA-VERNON LA-
557 PM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR RAPIDES...BEAUREGARD AND VERNON
PARISHES UNTIL 700 PM CDT...

AT 555 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HINESTON
TO DE RIDDER...MOVING EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...
CALCASIEU...FULLERTON AND CRAVENS.

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...PEA TO
NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN
TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A
SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.


LAT...LON 3096 9286 3088 9335 3121 9279 3135 9230

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