355  
WHUS54 KLCH 260649  
SMWLCH  
GMZ452-455-260730-  
/O.NEW.KLCH.MA.W.0087.240326T0649Z-240326T0730Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA  
149 AM CDT TUE MAR 26 2024  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...  
COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA OUT 20 NM...  
COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA  
OUT 20 NM...  
 
* UNTIL 230 AM CDT.  
 
* AT 149 AM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING  
WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED OVER VERMILION 78, OR 22 NM SOUTH OF WHITE  
LAKE, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 KNOTS.  
 
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS, WIND GUSTS TO NEARLY 50 KNOTS, AND SMALL  
HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR.  
 
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY  
HAZARDOUS SEAS. SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY  
HIGHER WINDS AND SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
SOUTH MARSH ISLAND 217, VERMILION 24, VERMILION 78, VERMILION 67,  
VERMILION 22, VERMILION 31, VERMILION 51, VERMILION 39, VERMILION  
38, AND VERMILION 26.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN WATERSPOUTS. WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY  
OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR  
IMMEDIATELY.  
 
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF CAUGHT ON THE  
OPEN WATER STAY BELOW DECK IF POSSIBLE, KEEP AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED  
METAL OBJECTS.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 2959 9202 2958 9202 2958 9203 2956 9201  
2952 9193 2921 9239 2925 9269 2957 9252  
2953 9227 2958 9217 2959 9204 2960 9207  
2961 9206 2961 9205  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0649Z 221DEG 58KT 2931 9246  
 
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE  
HAIL...<.75IN  
WIND...49KTS  
 

 
 
LANDRENEAU  
 
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