752  
FZUS74 KLCH 120158  
MWSLCH  
 
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA  
858 PM CDT WED MAR 11 2026  
 
GMZ435-436-452-455-120330-  
858 PM CDT WED MAR 11 2026  
   
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WATERS  
 
THE AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE...  
ATCHAFALAYA AND EAST COTE BLANCHE BAYS...  
COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA OUT 20 NM...  
COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY  
LA OUT 20 NM...  
VERMILION AND WEST COTE BLANCHE BAYS...  
 
AT 858 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS, CAPABLE  
OF PRODUCING WINDS TO AROUND 30 KNOTS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE  
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 35 NM NORTHEAST OF WEST COTE  
BLANCHE BAY TO 6 NM NORTHWEST OF EAST CAMERON EC122, MOVING EAST AT  
25 KNOTS.  
 
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...  
VERMILION BAY, VERMILION 26, VERMILION 24, AND VERMILION 38 AROUND  
905 PM CDT.  
VERMILION 78 AND VERMILION 31 AROUND 915 PM CDT.  
WEST COTE BLANCHE BAY AND VERMILION 67 AROUND 920 PM CDT.  
MARSH ISLAND, SOUTH MARSH ISLAND 217, AND VERMILION 51 AROUND 930  
PM CDT.  
SOUTH MARSH ISLAND 236 AROUND 1005 PM CDT.  
SOUTH MARSH ISLAND 243 AROUND 1010 PM CDT.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MARINERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 30 KNOTS, LOCALLY HIGHER  
WAVES, AND LIGHTNING STRIKES. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR  
IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS.  
 
LAT...LON 2954 9127 2951 9127 2916 9180 2927 9280  
2931 9291 2959 9247 2956 9230 2961 9215  
2962 9215 2965 9216 2967 9223 2973 9225  
2983 9209 2988 9178 2980 9176 2979 9158  
2967 9137 2953 9136 2957 9124  
 
 
 
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