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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1059 PM CDT TUE MAY 19 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
CALCASIEU LAKE...
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND TX OUT 20 NM...
COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA OUT 20 NM...
WATERS FROM CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND TX FROM 20 TO 60 NM...
WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.
* AT 1059 PM CDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WEST CAMERON
48, OR 7 NM EAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE SABINE RIVER, MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 25 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...
WEST CAMERON 66, WEST CAMERON 45, WEST CAMERON 65, WEST CAMERON 62,
CAMERON, WEST CAMERON 48, WEST CAMERON 149, HIGH ISLAND 136, HIGH
ISLAND 22, HIGH ISLAND 199, WEST CAMERON 110, HIGH ISLAND 110, WEST
CAMERON 196, WEST CAMERON 130, WEST CAMERON 173, EAST CAMERON 33,
WEST CAMERON 294, WEST CAMERON 170, WEST CAMERON 171, AND HIGH
ISLAND 138.
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 2958 9435 2970 9397 2971 9386 2969 9384
2972 9385 2977 9370 2980 9338 2984 9344
2990 9324 2986 9320 2980 9330 2979 9302
2974 9297 2956 9251 2900 9418 2955 9439
TIME...MOT...LOC 0359Z 321DEG 23KT 2967 9370
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...40KTS
RUA
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