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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
121 AM CDT WED JUL 22 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA
OUT 20 NM...
WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM...
WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA FROM 20
TO 60 NM...
* UNTIL 245 AM CDT.
* AT 121 AM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED NEAR SOUTH MARSH ISLAND 281, OR 29 NM SOUTH
OF MARSH ISLAND, MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY
HAZARDOUS SEAS. SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY
HIGHER WINDS AND SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOUTH MARSH ISLAND 268, SOUTH MARSH ISLAND 11, VERMILION 191, SOUTH
MARSH ISLAND 288, SOUTH MARSH ISLAND 40, VERMILION 171, SOUTH MARSH
ISLAND 27, AND SOUTH MARSH ISLAND 281.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 2919 9195 2907 9179 2869 9209 2887 9232
TIME...MOT...LOC 0621Z 041DEG 11KT 2908 9193
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
BRAZZELL
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