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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
542 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
ATCHAFALAYA AND EAST COTE BLANCHE BAYS...
COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA
OUT 20 NM...
VERMILION AND WEST COTE BLANCHE BAYS...
WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA FROM 20
TO 60 NM...
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT.
* AT 542 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR WEST COTE
BLANCHE BAY TO NEAR VERMILION 250, MOVING EAST AT 15 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS, WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER, AND SMALL
HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY
HAZARDOUS SEAS. SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY
HIGHER WINDS AND SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EUGENE ISLAND 224, SOUTH MARSH ISLAND 239, SOUTH MARSH ISLAND 23,
EUGENE ISLAND 24, SOUTH MARSH ISLAND 69, EUGENE ISLAND 243, EUGENE
ISLAND 28, SOUTH MARSH ISLAND 40, SOUTH MARSH ISLAND 61, EUGENE
ISLAND 107, EUGENE ISLAND 129, EUGENE ISLAND 108, EUGENE ISLAND
175, EUGENE ISLAND 63, SOUTH MARSH ISLAND 27, EUGENE ISLAND 42,
EUGENE ISLAND 158, SOUTH MARSH ISLAND 78, EUGENE ISLAND 57, AND
SOUTH MARSH ISLAND 58.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. IF CAUGHT ON THE
OPEN WATER STAY BELOW DECK IF POSSIBLE, KEEP AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED
METAL OBJECTS.
LAT...LON 2834 9177 2840 9190 2842 9205 2845 9217
2879 9216 2951 9184 2954 9178 2954 9183
2975 9174 2976 9154 2967 9137 2953 9136
2956 9126
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 273DEG 16KT 2968 9169 2861 9217
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...>34KTS
JONES
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