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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
444 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2025
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 545 PM CDT.
* AT 444 PM CDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR VERMILION 31 TO NEAR VERMILION 149 TO NEAR
VERMILION 245, MOVING EAST AT 30 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 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, VERMILION 256, VERMILION 31, VERMILION 250,
VERMILION 252, VERMILION 131, EUGENE ISLAND 175, VERMILION 171,
SOUTH MARSH ISLAND 27, AND EUGENE ISLAND 42.
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 2980 9175 2979 9160 2968 9154 2971 9159
2966 9159 2962 9151 2957 9150 2960 9147
2956 9145 2867 9151 2833 9173 2840 9190
2855 9253 2895 9229 2954 9226 2959 9210
2966 9218 2972 9220 2982 9213 2984 9177
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 291DEG 32KT 2951 9223 2895 9227 2856 9252
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...40KTS
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