606  
WHUS54 KLCH 300248  
SMWLCH  
GMZ455-475-300345-  
/O.NEW.KLCH.MA.W.0101.250730T0248Z-250730T0345Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA  
948 PM CDT TUE JUL 29 2025  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...  
COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA  
OUT 20 NM...  
WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA FROM 20  
TO 60 NM...  
 
* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 947 PM CDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EUGENE ISLAND  
57, OR 7 NM SOUTHWEST OF ATCHAFALAYA BAY, MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 25  
KNOTS.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR.  
 
IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND  
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
EUGENE ISLAND 105, EUGENE ISLAND 57, EUGENE ISLAND 100, EUGENE  
ISLAND 113, SOUTH MARSH ISLAND 288, EUGENE ISLAND 107, EUGENE  
ISLAND 129, SOUTH MARSH ISLAND 281, EUGENE ISLAND 108, EUGENE  
ISLAND 120, EUGENE ISLAND 63, EUGENE ISLAND 30, EUGENE ISLAND 74,  
EUGENE ISLAND 95, EUGENE ISLAND 32, EUGENE ISLAND 42, AND EUGENE  
ISLAND 53.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
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 2937 9162 2920 9135 2894 9146 2896 9201  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0247Z 034DEG 24KT 2930 9145  
 
HAIL...0.00IN  
WIND...40KTS  
 

 
 
KOWALSKI  
 
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