Severe Thunderstorm Warning
NWS Lake Charles LA ยท US
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Details
Severe Thunderstorm Warning Issued November 3 At 5:18PM CST Until November 3 At 5:45PM CST By NWS Lake Charles LA
- Event
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Shelter
Description
Overview
SVRLCH The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... West central Rapides Parish in central Louisiana... * Until 545 PM CST. * At 518 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Otis, or near Hineston, moving northeast at 20 mph.
Hazard
60 mph wind gusts.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted
Otis.
Instructions
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into a small central room in a sturdy structure. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Affected areas
- Rapides Parish, LA
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Lake Charles LA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~34s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M6HVA2SX2F963R0BZRXAME4K
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.9dde5bb9f428c3f3402ebeef8c34c0cedcc77fc0.001.1
- Sender
- [email protected]
- 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.8411
- 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 | SVR |
| NationalWeatherService | SVW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SVRLCH |
| WMOidentifier | WUUS54 KLCH 032318 |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-11-03T23:18:00-00:00...storm...227DEG...16KT...31.19,-92.76 |
| windThreat | RADAR INDICATED |
| maxWindGust | 60 MPH |
| hailThreat | RADAR INDICATED |
| maxHailSize | Up to .75 |
| tornadoDetection | POSSIBLE |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KLCH.SV.W.0101.261103T2318Z-261103T2345Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-11-03T17:45:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Rapides Parish, LA
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 022079 |
| UGC | LAC079 |
- Polygons
- 31.15,-92.79 31.19,-92.82 31.28,-92.73 31.22,-92.61 31.15,-92.79