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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1227 AM CDT TUE MAY 6 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 100 AM CDT.
* AT 1227 AM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER EUGENE
ISLAND 261, OR 48 NM SOUTHWEST OF CAILLOU BAY, 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 257, EUGENE ISLAND 258, EUGENE ISLAND 259, EUGENE
ISLAND 238, EUGENE ISLAND 275, EUGENE ISLAND 276, EUGENE ISLAND
277, SHIP SHOAL 198, SHIP SHOAL 224, SHIP SHOAL 248, EUGENE ISLAND
261, EUGENE ISLAND 273, EUGENE ISLAND 251, EUGENE ISLAND 252, AND
EUGENE ISLAND 281.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
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 2834 9127 2839 9171 2853 9170 2861 9127
TIME...MOT...LOC 0527Z 272DEG 14KT 2849 9151
HAIL...>.75IN
WIND...>34KTS
JONES
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