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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
516 PM CDT TUE SEP 22 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
ATCHAFALAYA AND EAST COTE BLANCHE BAYS...
COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA
OUT 20 NM...
VERMILION AND WEST COTE BLANCHE BAYS...
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT.
* AT 516 PM CDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 NM SOUTHEAST OF
WEST COTE BLANCHE BAY, MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 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...
SOUTH MARSH ISLAND 217, SOUTH MARSH ISLAND 239, EUGENE ISLAND 24,
EUGENE ISLAND 28, EUGENE ISLAND 30, EUGENE ISLAND 74, EUGENE ISLAND
32, EUGENE ISLAND 42, AND EUGENE ISLAND 53.
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 2912 9165 2948 9212 2958 9195 2951 9184
2954 9178 2954 9183 2958 9184 2961 9189
2967 9178 2948 9144
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 042DEG 13KT 2952 9166
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...40KTS
RUA
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