Special Weather Statement
NWS Lake Charles LA ยท US
Details
A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact West Central Iberia And Northwestern St. Mary Parishes Through 500 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 421 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Baldwin, or near Franklin, moving southwest at 20 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... Franklin, Jeanerette, Cypremort Point, Baldwin, Sorrel, Cote Blanche Island, Glencoe, Charenton, and Weeks Island.
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
- Upper St. Mary
- Lower Iberia
- Lower St. Mary
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
- 01M35FY0VV2HB5KDH0Y53B71HH
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.77b128672c68745500ebf4caf3ad5b70cc4e2c9f.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.5541
- 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 222121 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL IBERIA AND NORTHWESTERN ST. MARY PARISHES THROUGH 500 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-22T21:21:00-00:00...storm...049DEG...17KT...29.84,-91.58 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Upper St. Mary
- Lower Iberia
- Lower St. Mary
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 022101 |
| SAME | 022045 |
| UGC | LAZ154 |
| UGC | LAZ253 |
| UGC | LAZ254 |
- Polygons
- 29.54,-91.65 29.78,-91.99 29.9,-91.7 29.89,-91.68 29.92,-91.64 29.95,-91.58 29.81,-91.45 29.54,-91.65