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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1001 PM CDT TUE MAY 19 2026
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...
SABINE LAKE...
* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.
* AT 1001 PM CDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PORT ARTHUR,
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS TO NEARLY 50 KNOTS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SABINE PASS 10, WEST CAMERON 45, PORT ARTHUR, WEST CAMERON 53, WEST
CAMERON 48, AND THE MOUTH OF THE SABINE RIVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3000 9376 2996 9372 2983 9376 2978 9386
2973 9383 2973 9382 2976 9375 2979 9342
2979 9341 2975 9335 2938 9385 2970 9406
2970 9391 2976 9398 2985 9397 3002 9389
3003 9380
TIME...MOT...LOC 0301Z 318DEG 29KT 2989 9397
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...49KTS
RUA
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