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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
618 AM CDT WED MAY 27 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 715 AM CDT.
* AT 618 AM CDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 44 NM NORTH OF WEST CAMERON 62 TO 7 NM SOUTHWEST OF
CAMERON TO WEST CAMERON 167 TO 14 NM SOUTHEAST OF HIGH ISLAND A131,
MOVING EAST AT 35 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...
WEST CAMERON WC303, WEST CAMERON 66, WEST CAMERON 65, WEST CAMERON
62, CAMERON, WEST CAMERON 149, WEST CAMERON 248, WEST CAMERON 205,
WEST CAMERON 398, WEST CAMERON 178, WEST CAMERON 198, WEST CAMERON
110, WEST CAMERON 196, WEST CAMERON 130, WEST CAMERON 173, EAST
CAMERON 33, WEST CAMERON 192, WEST CAMERON 170, WEST CAMERON 171,
AND WEST CAMERON 73.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE
EXPECTED.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. IF CAUGHT ON THE
OPEN WATER STAY BELOW DECK IF POSSIBLE, KEEP AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED
METAL OBJECTS.
LAT...LON 3005 9327 2986 9320 2980 9330 2979 9302
2974 9297 2966 9276 2934 9283 2869 9316
2875 9327 2876 9338 2867 9380 2861 9390
2939 9352 2979 9346 2980 9338 2985 9345
2988 9345 2991 9338 3005 9336
TIME...MOT...LOC 1118Z 279DEG 34KT 3037 9330 2975 9342 2938 9347 2840
9394
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
RUA
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