Expires:202406041930;Remove:202406041930;444155 WWUS84 KLCH 041858 SPSLCH Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 158 PM CDT Tue Jun 4 2024 LAZ027-TXZ259-260-041930- Vernon LA-Northern Newton TX-Northern Jasper TX- 158 PM CDT Tue Jun 4 2024 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN VERNON PARISH... NORTHERN NEWTON AND NORTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM CDT... At 157 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Mayflower, or 12 miles northwest of Burkeville, moving southeast at 55 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Toledo Bend Dam, Burkeville, Fort Johnson, New Llano, Browndell, Farrsville, Burr Ferry, Mayflower, Stringtown, Evans, Pickering, and Wiergate. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. If on or near Toledo Bend, get out of the water and move indoors or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 10 miles from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now! Do not be caught on the water in a thunderstorm. && LAT...LON 3105 9306 3086 9350 3088 9354 3086 9356 3111 9409 3112 9404 3114 9403 3116 9391 3118 9361 3117 9358 3119 9355 3119 9353 TIME...MOT...LOC 1857Z 292DEG 49KT 3114 9379 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH $$ Slaughter