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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
126 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 200 AM CDT.
* AT 126 AM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER EUGENE ISLAND
258, OR 46 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 275, SHIP SHOAL 224, EUGENE ISLAND 276, SHIP SHOAL 248,
EUGENE ISLAND 277, 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 2839 9150 2851 9150 2856 9127 2832 9127
TIME...MOT...LOC 0626Z 275DEG 13KT 2846 9140
HAIL...>.75IN
WIND...>34KTS
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