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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
349 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
ATCHAFALAYA AND EAST COTE BLANCHE BAYS...
COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA OUT 20 NM...
COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA
OUT 20 NM...
VERMILION AND WEST COTE BLANCHE BAYS...
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 445 PM CDT.
* AT 349 PM CDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR WHITE LAKE TO NEAR EAST CAMERON 109 TO 7 NM
SOUTH OF EAST CAMERON 222, MOVING EAST AT 30 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOUTH MARSH ISLAND 239, SOUTH MARSH ISLAND 23, SOUTH MARSH ISLAND
69, SOUTH MARSH ISLAND 236, SOUTH MARSH ISLAND 61, VERMILION 215,
VERMILION 214, EAST CAMERON 109, VERMILION 78, VERMILION 256,
VERMILION 31, VERMILION 250, EAST CAMERON 222, VERMILION 252,
VERMILION 131, VERMILION 171, VERMILION 39, SOUTH MARSH ISLAND 27,
VERMILION 38, AND SOUTH MARSH ISLAND 78.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. IF CAUGHT ON THE
OPEN WATER STAY BELOW DECK IF POSSIBLE, KEEP AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED
METAL OBJECTS.
LAT...LON 2844 9217 2853 9242 2860 9287 2960 9253
2956 9230 2961 9215 2964 9216 2961 9191
2958 9196 2951 9184 2954 9178 2954 9183
2958 9184 2960 9188 2955 9152 2840 9190
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 272DEG 42KT 2962 9245 2923 9258 2853 9283
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
RUA
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