Special Weather Statement
NWS Lake Charles LA ยท US
Details
A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Northwestern Jefferson Davis... Southeastern Beauregard...Northeastern Calcasieu And Southwestern Allen Parishes Through 700 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 621 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Buller, or 7 miles west of Fenton, 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... Lake Charles, Iowa, Fenton, Moss Bluff, Buller, Topsy, Lebleu Settlement, Gillis, and Lacassine. This includes the following highways... Interstate 10 in Louisiana between mile markers 31 and 48. Interstate 210 between mile markers 10 and 12.
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
- Beauregard Parish, LA
- Allen Parish, LA
- Northern Calcasieu
- Northern Jefferson Davis
- Southern Calcasieu
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Lake Charles LA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m8s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M334DQHGM922G2YQRM6A8G3F
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.1154e3ebbdcd8eec0ad12dcc938374c9ead8d446.001.1
- 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.9403
- 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 212321 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON DAVIS... SOUTHEASTERN BEAUREGARD...NORTHEASTERN CALCASIEU AND SOUTHWESTERN ALLEN PARISHES THROUGH 700 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T23:21:00-00:00...storm...086DEG...9KT...30.37,-93.03 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Beauregard Parish, LA
- Allen Parish, LA
- Northern Calcasieu
- Northern Jefferson Davis
- Southern Calcasieu
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 022011 |
| SAME | 022003 |
| SAME | 022019 |
| SAME | 022053 |
| UGC | LAZ030 |
| UGC | LAZ031 |
| UGC | LAZ141 |
| UGC | LAZ142 |
| UGC | LAZ241 |
- Polygons
- 30.2,-93.22 30.5,-93.24 30.45,-92.87 30.23,-92.92 30.23,-93.0 30.21,-93.0 30.2,-93.22