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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
618 AM CDT THU JUL 31 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND TX OUT 20 NM...
* UNTIL 715 AM CDT.
* AT 618 AM CDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HIGH ISLAND
52, OR 10 NM EAST OF HIGH ISLAND 63, MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HIGH ISLAND 110, HIGH ISLAND 52, AND HIGH ISLAND 138.
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 2958 9432 2936 9391 2923 9427 2955 9439
TIME...MOT...LOC 1118Z 063DEG 5KT 2941 9418
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...40KTS
SLAUGHTER
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