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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
815 AM CDT MON MAR 31 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...
* UNTIL 915 AM CDT.
* AT 814 AM CDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 8 NM NORTH OF VERMILION 26 TO 8 NM NORTH OF LOWER
ATCHAFALAYA RIVER, MOVING EAST AT 35 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 217, MARSH ISLAND, EUGENE ISLAND 57, EUGENE
ISLAND 24, EUGENE ISLAND 28, VERMILION BAY, VERMILION 31, WEST COTE
BLANCHE BAY, ATCHAFALAYA BAY, EUGENE ISLAND 30, EUGENE ISLAND 32,
VERMILION 26, AND EUGENE ISLAND 42.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 2932 9122 2937 9124 2931 9134 2918 9126
2951 9259 2960 9254 2956 9230 2961 9215
2967 9223 2975 9225 2987 9215 2983 9209
2985 9178 2980 9176 2979 9158 2967 9137
2953 9136 2957 9124 2944 9126 2933 9113
TIME...MOT...LOC 1314Z 282DEG 35KT 2961 9236 2957 9128
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
TINGLER
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