408 FPUS74 KLCH 182258 NOWLCH SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 558 PM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013 GMZ430-LAZ027>033-041>043-073-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-190100- SABINE LAKE-VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE- ST. LANDRY-CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-WEST CAMERON-TYLER- HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-NORTHERN JASPER-NORTHERN NEWTON- SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...NEW LLANO...ALEXANDRIA... PINEVILLE...MARKSVILLE...BUNKIE...COTTONPORT...SIMMESPORT... MANSURA...DE RIDDER...OAKDALE...KINDER...VILLE PLATTE...MAMOU... OPELOUSAS...EUNICE...LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR...JENNINGS...WELSH... LAKE ARTHUR...CROWLEY...RAYNE...CHURCH POINT...HACKBERRY... HOLLY BEACH...WOODVILLE...COLMESNEIL...LUMBERTON...SILSBEE... BEAUMONT...PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE...VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY...JASPER... KIRBYVILLE...NEWTON...BUNA...DEWEYVILLE 558 PM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013 .NOW... THROUGH 7 PM...A CONGEALING LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA AT ABOUT 35 MPH. HEAVY RAINFALL OF UP TO AN INCH AND A HALF PER HOUR WITHIN THE LINE WILL RESULT IN RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY. VISIBILITIES COULD BRIEFLY DROP TO NEAR ZERO. DRIVERS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING THROUGH THIS ACTIVITY. BRIEF OCCURRENCES OF SMALL HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ALSO CONTINUES TO PRECEDE THE LINE AND WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AS IT PUSHES THROUGH BEAREGARD AND CALCASIEU PARISHES AS WELL AS ORANGE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT HOUR. $$ 66