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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
742 PM CDT TUE SEP 22 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
WATERS FROM CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND TX FROM 20 TO 60 NM...
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT.
* AT 742 PM CDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HIGH ISLAND
129, OR 22 NM SOUTH OF THE MOUTH OF THE SABINE RIVER, MOVING
SOUTHWEST AT 15 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...
HIGH ISLAND 199, HIGH ISLAND 167, HIGH ISLAND A177, HIGH ISLAND
A201, HIGH ISLAND 170, HIGH ISLAND 129, HIGH ISLAND 5, AND HIGH
ISLAND 116.
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 2934 9392 2934 9383 2935 9374 2932 9365
2878 9385 2918 9425 2921 9426
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 035DEG 17KT 2931 9379
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
RUA
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