000 WWUS84 KLCH 281335 SPSLCH SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 835 AM CDT FRI AUG 28 2020 LAZ028-030>032-041>043-074-281430- CALCASIEU LA-ACADIA LA-JEFFERSON DAVIS LA-EVANGELINE LA-ALLEN LA- BEAUREGARD LA-EAST CAMERON LA-RAPIDES LA- 835 AM CDT FRI AUG 28 2020 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 832 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF DRY CREEK TO NEAR HOLMWOOD. MOVEMENT WAS EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HEAVY RAINFALL, PEA SIZE HAIL, AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LAKE CHARLES, JENNINGS, OAKDALE, WESTLAKE, WELSH, IOWA, LAKE ARTHUR, KINDER, BASILE AND OBERLIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS, AND MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. OCCASIONAL TO FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 3101 9255 3008 9249 3012 9256 3004 9272 3004 9262 2999 9262 2991 9324 3077 9328 3088 9295 3088 9283 3092 9282 TIME...MOT...LOC 1332Z 259DEG 17KT 3072 9313 3008 9311 $$ MEJIA
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