Tropical Funnel Clouds

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You know it's summer in south Louisiana when the tropical funnel clouds come out!
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
932 AM CDT SAT MAY 28 2005


...TROPICAL FUNNEL CLOUDS POSSIBLE...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS RECEIVED REPORTS
FROM VERMILION PARISH OF FUNNEL CLOUDS IN THE ABBEVILLE AND ERATH
AREAS.

A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE...ALONG WITH WEAK WINDS ABOVE
THE SURFACE...IS IN PLACE ACROSS SOUTHEAST
TEXAS...SOUTHWEST...CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. DURING THESE
CONDITIONS...FEATURES CALLED TROPICAL FUNNEL CLOUDS MAY FORM NEAR
RAPIDLY DEVELOPING CUMULUS CLOUDS AND WHERE SURFACE BOUNDARIES...SUCH
AS SEA BREEZES AND RAIN COOLED BOUNDARIES...CALLED
OUTFLOWS...INTERSECT.

OCCASIONALLY THESE FEATURES DO REACH THE GROUND AND MAY CAUSE MINOR
DAMAGE. HOWEVER...NORMALLY THESE TROPICAL FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE SHORT
LIVED AND DO NOT REACH THE GROUND AND THIS IS WHAT IS EXPECTED TODAY.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS SITUATION
AND ISSUE ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS IF NECESSARY.