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WHUS54 KLCH 150604
SMWLCH
GMZ435-436-455-475-150700-
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1204 AM CST SUN FEB 15 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
ATCHAFALAYA AND EAST COTE BLANCHE BAYS...
COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA
OUT 20 NM...
VERMILION AND WEST COTE BLANCHE BAYS...
WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA FROM 20
TO 60 NM...
* UNTIL 100 AM CST.
* AT 1204 AM CST, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER EUGENE
ISLAND 53, OR 16 NM SOUTHWEST OF ATCHAFALAYA BAY, MOVING EAST AT 45
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...
SOUTH MARSH ISLAND 23, EUGENE ISLAND 105, EUGENE ISLAND 100, EUGENE
ISLAND 189, EUGENE ISLAND 28, SOUTH MARSH ISLAND 40, EUGENE ISLAND
107, EUGENE ISLAND 206, EUGENE ISLAND 129, EUGENE ISLAND 108,
EUGENE ISLAND 208, SHIP SHOAL 224, EUGENE ISLAND 175, EUGENE ISLAND
63, SOUTH MARSH ISLAND 27, EUGENE ISLAND 42, EUGENE ISLAND 257,
EUGENE ISLAND 158, EUGENE ISLAND 215, AND EUGENE ISLAND 57.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE
EXPECTED.
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 2930 9117 2933 9116 2932 9122 2933 9122
2937 9124 2931 9130 2931 9134 2924 9126
2844 9127 2875 9216 2888 9216 2927 9176
2974 9169 2967 9137 2953 9136 2957 9124
2954 9127 2944 9126 2933 9113 2933 9114
TIME...MOT...LOC 0604Z 265DEG 45KT 2923 9161
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
SLAUGHTER
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