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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1059 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 1145 PM CDT.
* AT 1057 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER EUGENE
ISLAND 243, OR 54 NM SOUTHWEST OF POINT AU FER ISLAND, MOVING EAST
AT 15 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, EUGENE ISLAND 261, EUGENE ISLAND
251, EUGENE ISLAND 240, EUGENE ISLAND 273, EUGENE ISLAND 252,
EUGENE ISLAND 217, AND EUGENE ISLAND 206.
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.
LAT...LON 2843 9193 2858 9197 2873 9151 2840 9149
TIME...MOT...LOC 0357Z 267DEG 15KT 2854 9178
HAIL...>.75IN
WIND...>34KTS
DENSON
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