Special Weather Statement
NWS Lake Charles LA ยท US
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Special Weather Statement issued September 15 at 5:41PM CDT by NWS Lake Charles LA
- Issued
- Onset
- Expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 541 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Lake Charles, 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, Sulphur, Westlake, Lake Charles Regional Airport, Moss Bluff, and Carlyss. This includes the following highways... Interstate 10 in Louisiana between mile markers 16 and 35. Interstate 210 between mile markers 1 and 12.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 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
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2KKQG02TPWXWCKX7PMESFBF
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.56333f4ff3523ee5f206c3278314d738562fb755.001.1
- 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.7511
- 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 152241 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL CALCASIEU PARISH THROUGH 615 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-15T22:41:00-00:00...storm...075DEG...9KT...30.2,-93.23 |
| maxWindGust | 40 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
- 30.29,-93.47 30.31,-93.16 30.13,-93.11 30.06,-93.32 30.05,-93.33 30.05,-93.43 30.29,-93.47