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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
702 AM CDT SUN AUG 2 2026
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...
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 800 AM CDT.
* AT 702 AM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED OVER EUGENE ISLAND 24, OR 12 NM SOUTHEAST
OF MARSH ISLAND, MOVING EAST AT 10 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
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, EUGENE ISLAND 105, EUGENE ISLAND 24, EUGENE
ISLAND 100, SOUTH MARSH ISLAND 236, EUGENE ISLAND 28, EUGENE ISLAND
107, EUGENE ISLAND 108, VERMILION 51, VERMILION 131, VERMILION 171,
EUGENE ISLAND 63, EUGENE ISLAND 42, SOUTH MARSH ISLAND 249, EUGENE
ISLAND 57, SOUTH MARSH ISLAND 268, SOUTH MARSH ISLAND 11, EUGENE
ISLAND 113, SOUTH MARSH ISLAND 288, AND SOUTH MARSH ISLAND 243.
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 2888 9223 2924 9232 2938 9220 2952 9177
2951 9127 2934 9127 2931 9130 2931 9134
2926 9130 2924 9126 2902 9126
TIME...MOT...LOC 1202Z 290DEG 11KT 2938 9175
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
CALHOUN
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