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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1146 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 1230 AM CDT.
* AT 1146 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER EUGENE
ISLAND 238, OR 48 NM SOUTHWEST OF CAILLOU BAY, MOVING EAST AT 15
KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS AND LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES. LARGE HAIL COULD RESULT IN
PERSONAL INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EUGENE ISLAND 257, EUGENE ISLAND 258, EUGENE ISLAND 215, EUGENE
ISLAND 259, EUGENE ISLAND 238, EUGENE ISLAND 275, EUGENE ISLAND
276, EUGENE ISLAND 277, EUGENE ISLAND 212, SHIP SHOAL 224, EUGENE
ISLAND 261, EUGENE ISLAND 240, EUGENE ISLAND 273, EUGENE ISLAND
251, EUGENE ISLAND 252, AND EUGENE ISLAND 281.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS, LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL, HIGH WAVES, DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING, AND HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 2839 9171 2856 9178 2872 9129 2839 9129
TIME...MOT...LOC 0446Z 262DEG 16KT 2854 9158
HAIL...>2.0IN
WIND...40KTS
DENSON
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