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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1015 PM CDT MON MAY 5 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA FROM 20
TO 60 NM...
* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.
* AT 1014 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTH MARSH
ISLAND 76, OR 57 NM SOUTHWEST OF POINT AU FER ISLAND, MOVING EAST
AT 25 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...
EUGENE ISLAND 224, SOUTH MARSH ISLAND 78, EUGENE ISLAND 238, EUGENE
ISLAND 275, EUGENE ISLAND 243, SOUTH MARSH ISLAND 99, SOUTH MARSH
ISLAND 76, EUGENE ISLAND 206, EUGENE ISLAND 217, EUGENE ISLAND 261,
EUGENE ISLAND 240, EUGENE ISLAND 273, EUGENE ISLAND 251, AND EUGENE
ISLAND 252.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES.
WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER, LARGE HAIL, HIGH WAVES, DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING, AND HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
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 9210 2854 9217 2856 9216 2876 9151
2836 9148
TIME...MOT...LOC 0314Z 267DEG 26KT 2856 9193
HAIL...>.75IN
WIND...>34KTS
DENSON
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