Special Weather Statement
NWS Lake Charles LA ยท US
Details
Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Southeastern Jefferson Davis... Southwestern Acadia And Northwestern Vermilion Parishes Through 530 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 448 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms near Mermentau, moving west at 10 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 40 mph.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Jennings, Lake Arthur, Mermentau, Evangeline, Morse, Riceville, Egan, Estherwood, Midland, and Roanoke. This includes Interstate 10 in Louisiana between mile markers 59 and 79.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle.
Affected areas
- Northern Jefferson Davis
- Northern Acadia
- Upper Vermilion
- Southern Jefferson Davis
- Southern Acadia
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Lake Charles LA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~45s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M32Z2Q94C88P777QV3GPS32Q
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a481d3481a077e9f93a595235a717a54448f5e98.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Lake Charles LA
- AWIPS ID
- CAPLCH
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.6720
- WMO heading
- XOUS54
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 54
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | SPS |
| NationalWeatherService | SPS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SPSLCH |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS84 KLCH 212148 |
| NWSheadline | STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON DAVIS... SOUTHWESTERN ACADIA AND NORTHWESTERN VERMILION PARISHES THROUGH 530 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T21:48:00-00:00...storm...093DEG...10KT...30.17,-92.53 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Northern Jefferson Davis
- Northern Acadia
- Upper Vermilion
- Southern Jefferson Davis
- Southern Acadia
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 022053 |
| SAME | 022001 |
| SAME | 022113 |
| UGC | LAZ142 |
| UGC | LAZ143 |
| UGC | LAZ152 |
| UGC | LAZ242 |
| UGC | LAZ243 |
- Polygons
- 30.31,-92.41 30.06,-92.42 30.05,-92.74 30.31,-92.75 30.31,-92.41