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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
401 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

LAZ027-TXZ259-260-232200-
NORTHERN JASPER TX-NORTHERN NEWTON TX-VERNON LA-
401 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR JASPER AND NEWTON COUNTIES...
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR VERNON PARISH UNTIL 500 PM CDT...

AT 358 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF MAYFLOWER...MOVING EAST AT
10 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MAYFLOWER BY 425 PM...
  TOLEDO BEND DAM BY 500 PM...

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING AND PEA
TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL
THIS STORM HAS PASSED.


LAT...LON 3120 9348 3100 9363 3113 9404 3114 9403
      3116 9392 3118 9363 3118 9360 3117 9358
      3120 9355 3122 9355

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