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Special Weather Statement
| Severity: | Moderate |
| Status: | Actual |
| Urgency: | Expected |
| Certainty: | Observed |
| Effective: | July 5, 2025, 10:12 pm |
| Expires: | July 5, 2025, 11:00 pm |
| Area: | Lower St. Martin; Upper St. Mary; Lower St. Mary |
| Sender: | NWS Lake Charles LA |
At 512 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Patterson Memorial Airport, or near Patterson, moving west at 10 mph HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail SOURCE...Radar indicated IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow aroundnunsecured objects. Minor damage to vegetation and outdoornobjects is possible Locations impacted include...nMorgan City, Franklin, Patterson, Berwick, Bayou Vista,nStephensville, Burns Point, Baldwin, Ellerslie, Patterson Memorial Airport, Glencoe, Amelia, Bayou Geneve, and Centerville.
Instructions:
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.nnFrequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.nLightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safenshelter inside a building or vehicle.
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.nnFrequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.nLightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safenshelter inside a building or vehicle.