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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
716 AM CDT WED MAY 27 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...
WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM...
* UNTIL 815 AM CDT.
* AT 716 AM CDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 27 NM NORTHWEST OF WHITE LAKE TO 8 NM NORTHWEST OF
EAST CAMERON 23 TO NEAR EAST CAMERON 81 TO 10 NM SOUTHWEST OF WEST
CAMERON WC284, MOVING EAST AT 35 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...
EAST CAMERON EC122, VERMILION 119, VERMILION 149, VERMILION 148,
EAST CAMERON 109, EAST CAMERON 81, VERMILION 24, VERMILION 78,
VERMILION 67, VERMILION 22, EAST CAMERON 71, VERMILION 31,
VERMILION 51, EAST CAMERON 23, EAST CAMERON 33, EAST CAMERON 47,
WEST CAMERON 192, EAST CAMERON 46, VERMILION 39, AND VERMILION 38.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
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 2961 9260 2956 9230 2960 9213 2958 9215
2944 9215 2889 9226 2909 9311 2975 9298
TIME...MOT...LOC 1216Z 291DEG 33KT 3005 9283 2966 9286 2931 9290 2862
9316
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...40KTS
RUA
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