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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
906 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 1000 AM CDT.
* AT 906 AM CDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 NM NORTHWEST OF VERMILION 31 TO NEAR LOWER
ATCHAFALAYA RIVER, MOVING SOUTH AT 10 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, SOUTH MARSH ISLAND 239, MARSH ISLAND, SOUTH
MARSH ISLAND 249, EUGENE ISLAND 57, EUGENE ISLAND 24, SOUTH MARSH
ISLAND 236, EUGENE ISLAND 28, SOUTH MARSH ISLAND 243, VERMILION 24,
VERMILION 67, VERMILION 31, VERMILION 51, ATCHAFALAYA BAY, EUGENE
ISLAND 63, EUGENE ISLAND 30, EUGENE ISLAND 32, VERMILION 26, EUGENE
ISLAND 42, AND EUGENE ISLAND 53.
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 2930 9117 2932 9122 2933 9122 2937 9124
2931 9134 2924 9126 2915 9126 2925 9245
2960 9254 2956 9230 2962 9215 2963 9152
2957 9150 2963 9144 2964 9137 2953 9136
2957 9124 2944 9126 2933 9113
TIME...MOT...LOC 1406Z 343DEG 8KT 2954 9225 2953 9126
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
TINGLER
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