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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
236 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 330 PM CDT.
* AT 236 PM CDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EUGENE ISLAND
212, OR 36 NM SOUTHWEST OF CAILLOU BAY, MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 20
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 224, EUGENE ISLAND 243, EUGENE ISLAND 189, SOUTH
MARSH ISLAND 40, SOUTH MARSH ISLAND 61, EUGENE ISLAND 206, EUGENE
ISLAND 306, EUGENE ISLAND 208, EUGENE ISLAND 295, EUGENE ISLAND
273, EUGENE ISLAND 251, EUGENE ISLAND 296, EUGENE ISLAND 252,
EUGENE ISLAND 175, EUGENE ISLAND 257, EUGENE ISLAND 158, EUGENE
ISLAND 258, SOUTH MARSH ISLAND 78, EUGENE ISLAND 215, AND EUGENE
ISLAND 259.
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 2821 9157 2833 9176 2880 9208 2891 9138
2870 9126 2851 9127
TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 059DEG 19KT 2867 9140
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
RUA
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