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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
250 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
ATCHAFALAYA AND EAST COTE BLANCHE BAYS...
COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA
OUT 20 NM...
VERMILION AND WEST COTE BLANCHE BAYS...
* UNTIL 345 PM CDT.
* AT 250 PM CDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 9 NM NORTHWEST OF LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO 7 NM
NORTHEAST OF WEST COTE BLANCHE BAY, MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS AND SMALL HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WEST COTE BLANCHE BAY AND ATCHAFALAYA BAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS, SMALL HAIL, HIGH WAVES, DANGEROUS LIGHTNING,
AND HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LAT...LON 2930 9117 2937 9125 2931 9134 2926 9129
2926 9134 2951 9183 2954 9178 2954 9183
2959 9185 2957 9195 2962 9204 2987 9185
2988 9179 2979 9176 2979 9159 2967 9137
2953 9136 2957 9124 2944 9126 2933 9113
TIME...MOT...LOC 1950Z 034DEG 8KT 2957 9135 2975 9162
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...40KTS
CALHOUN
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