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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1010 AM CDT WED JUL 27 2011

LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-272200-
VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-
CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-
CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-TYLER-JASPER-
NEWTON-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...ALEXANDRIA...MARKSVILLE...
DERIDDER...OAKDALE...VILLE PLATTE...OPELOUSAS...LAKE CHARLES...
JENNINGS...CROWLEY...LAFAYETTE...ST. MARTINVILLE...CAMERON...
ABBEVILLE...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...WOODVILLE...JASPER...
NEWTON...LUMBERTON...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE
1010 AM CDT WED JUL 27 2011
...TROPICAL FUNNEL CLOUDS POSSIBLE...
AT 955 AM...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS RECEIVED A REPORT OF A
FUNNEL CLOUD 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SWEET LAKE.
A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE TROPICAL AIRMASS IS IN PLACE ACROSS THE 
AREA. MEANWHILE...THE VERTICAL WIND PROFILE OVER THE AREA IS LIGHT 
AND VARIABLE. THESE CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF 
TROPICAL FUNNEL CLOUDS...ESPECIALLY WHERE RAIN COOLED BOUNDARIES 
...KNOWN AS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES...AND THE SEABREEZE COLLIDE.
THESE TROPICAL FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE USUALLY SHORT-LIVED AND DO NOT 
REACH THE GROUND. IF THE FUNNEL CLOUD BECOMES MORE SEVERE AND 
REACHES THE GROUND...MINOR DAMAGE MAY OCCUR...AND A TORNADO WARNING 
WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED.
STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER 
SITUATION.
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