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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1213 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA FROM 20
TO 60 NM...
* UNTIL 100 PM CDT.
* AT 1213 PM CDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER EUGENE
ISLAND 306, OR 60 NM SOUTHWEST OF CAILLOU BAY, MOVING SOUTH AT 15
KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EUGENE ISLAND 306, EUGENE ISLAND 295, AND EUGENE ISLAND 296.
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 2823 9161 2833 9174 2836 9181 2846 9176
2840 9145 2818 9151
TIME...MOT...LOC 1713Z 014DEG 14KT 2831 9163
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
RUA
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