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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
118 AM CDT WED JUL 30 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...
* UNTIL 215 AM CDT.
* AT 118 AM CDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 NM SOUTHEAST OF
WEST COTE BLANCHE BAY, MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER AND SMALL HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY OPEN WATERS.
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 2935 9151 2947 9185 2949 9178 2953 9176
2957 9172 2973 9163 2971 9161 2963 9162
2964 9156 2960 9154 2955 9152 2952 9154
2955 9147 2954 9143
TIME...MOT...LOC 0618Z 030DEG 7KT 2959 9154
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...>34KTS
SLAUGHTER
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