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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1229 AM CDT TUE MAY 6 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM...
WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA FROM 20
TO 60 NM...
* UNTIL 130 AM CDT.
* AT 1229 AM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER VERMILION
256, OR 66 NM SOUTH OF MARSH ISLAND, MOVING EAST AT 10 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER AND LARGE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES. LARGE HAIL COULD RESULT IN
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VERMILION 256, VERMILION 250, SOUTH MARSH ISLAND 99, AND VERMILION
252.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
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 2845 9220 2848 9229 2852 9240 2863 9236
2857 9197 2841 9203
TIME...MOT...LOC 0529Z 287DEG 11KT 2853 9232
HAIL...>.75IN
WIND...>34KTS
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