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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
859 AM CDT WED APR 10 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
ATCHAFALAYA AND EAST COTE BLANCHE BAYS...
COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA OUT 20 NM...
COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA
OUT 20 NM...
VERMILION AND WEST COTE BLANCHE BAYS...
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 1000 AM CDT.
* AT 859 AM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM VERMILION BAY
TO 7 NM NORTHWEST OF VERMILION 215, MOVING EAST AT 25 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS, WIND GUSTS TO NEARLY 50 KNOTS, AND SMALL
HAIL.
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 239, SOUTH MARSH ISLAND 23, MARSH ISLAND, SOUTH
MARSH ISLAND 69, EUGENE ISLAND 243, SOUTH MARSH ISLAND 236, SOUTH
MARSH ISLAND 61, EUGENE ISLAND 206, EUGENE ISLAND 129, VERMILION
215, VERMILION 214, EUGENE ISLAND 208, VERMILION 31, SHIP SHOAL
224, VERMILION 250, VERMILION 252, VERMILION 131, EUGENE ISLAND
251, VERMILION 171, AND EUGENE ISLAND 252.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
AND SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE
EXPECTED.
LAT...LON 2933 9113 2937 9124 2931 9134 2835 9127
2865 9275 2911 9239 2953 9230 2961 9201
2968 9221 2980 9214 2972 9215 2983 9183
2983 9181 2982 9183 2978 9183 2952 9155
2948 9128 2955 9126
TIME...MOT...LOC 1359Z 252DEG 24KT 2970 9202 2882 9237
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...49KTS
STIGGER/87
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