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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
159 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 300 AM CDT.
* AT 159 AM CDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MARSH ISLAND,
MOVING WEST AT 20 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.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VERMILION 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 2983 9181 2960 9178 2959 9185 2961 9190
2956 9202 2958 9203 2958 9202 2959 9202
2961 9206 2960 9207 2959 9204 2959 9213
2965 9216 2966 9220 2977 9223 2981 9217
TIME...MOT...LOC 0659Z 076DEG 21KT 2967 9189
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...>34KTS
SLAUGHTER
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