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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
130 AM CDT WED JUL 30 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
VERMILION AND WEST COTE BLANCHE BAYS...
* UNTIL 230 AM CDT.
* AT 129 AM CDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WEST COTE
BLANCHE BAY, MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS AND SMALL HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WEST COTE BLANCHE BAY.
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 2972 9163 2954 9176 2954 9183 2958 9184
2961 9189 2977 9179
TIME...MOT...LOC 0629Z 030DEG 7KT 2968 9168
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...40KTS
SLAUGHTER
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