Special Weather Statement
NWS Lake Charles LA ยท US
Details
Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Northwestern Calcasieu Parish Through 830 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 739 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms near Sulphur, moving west at 20 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 50 mph.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Sulphur, Vinton, Starks, Carlyss, Lunita, Buhler, Toomey, and Edgerly. This includes Interstate 10 in Louisiana between mile markers 2 and 25.
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 Calcasieu
- Southern Calcasieu
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Lake Charles LA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~19s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M338WW7C30FTVD5JC2DAC9P5
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.391af6884d3543e39804f4df3cb3c4c2f6a23864.001.1
- 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.1021
- 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 220040 |
| NWSheadline | STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN CALCASIEU PARISH THROUGH 830 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-22T00:39:00-00:00...storm...084DEG...19KT...30.25,-93.41 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Northern Calcasieu
- Southern Calcasieu
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 022019 |
| UGC | LAZ141 |
| UGC | LAZ241 |
- Polygons
- 30.13,-93.68 30.4,-93.72 30.4,-93.49 30.42,-93.49 30.43,-93.39 30.4,-93.38 30.4,-93.32 30.18,-93.29 30.13,-93.68