Event: Special Weather Statement
Sender Name: NWS Lake Charles LA
Issued: 2013-07-24T19:13:31-05:00
Expires: 2013-07-24T20:15:00-05:00
Description: BEAUREGARD…ALLEN AND VERNON PARISHES UNTIL 815 PM CDT…

AT 713 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS…ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES
SOUTH OF HINESTON TO ELIZABETH TO SUGARTOWN…MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30
MPH.

THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND…
ELIZABETH…UNION HILL…MITTIE…ALLEN PARISH AIRPORT…MCNARY AND
HARMONY.

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND
GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH…WHICH COULD DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING
UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN A
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME…RESULTING IN PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING
ROADWAYS. REMEMBER…DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED
ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING.
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Observed
Area Description: Rapides; Beauregard; Evangeline; Allen; Vernon