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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
956 AM CDT SUN MAR 8 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
WATERS FROM CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND TX FROM 20 TO 60 NM...
WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM...
* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT.
* AT 956 AM CDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 NM EAST OF WEST
CAMERON 342, OR 43 NM NORTHEAST OF HIGH ISLAND A80, MOVING EAST AT
20 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER AND SMALL HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WEST CAMERON 269 AND WEST CAMERON 248.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 2902 9348 2917 9342 2907 9287 2882 9296
TIME...MOT...LOC 1456Z 287DEG 18KT 2907 9336
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...>34KTS
JONES
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