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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
620 PM CDT TUE SEP 22 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA OUT 20 NM...
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 715 PM CDT.
* AT 620 PM CDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 NM NORTH OF VERMILION 24 TO EUGENE ISLAND 63,
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 239, SOUTH MARSH ISLAND 236, EUGENE ISLAND 28,
EUGENE ISLAND 129, EUGENE ISLAND 107, EUGENE ISLAND 108, VERMILION
78, EAST CAMERON 71, VERMILION 31, VERMILION 51, VERMILION 131,
VERMILION 39, EUGENE ISLAND 63, VERMILION 38, EUGENE ISLAND 158,
SOUTH MARSH ISLAND 249, SOUTH MARSH ISLAND 268, SOUTH MARSH ISLAND
11, EUGENE ISLAND 135, AND EUGENE ISLAND 113.
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 2879 9164 2930 9288 2960 9253 2958 9244
2919 9142
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 034DEG 16KT 2958 9247 2921 9156
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...40KTS
RUA
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