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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
1155 PM CDT Thu May 30 2024

The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for...
  Atchafalaya and East Cote Blanche Bays...
  Coastal waters from Lower Atchafalaya River to Intracoastal City LA
  out 20 NM...
  Vermilion and West Cote Blanche Bays...

* Until 100 AM CDT.

* At 1154 PM CDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 35 nm northeast of Vermilion Bay to West Cote
  Blanche Bay, moving southeast at 25 knots.

  HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater and small hail.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and
           suddenly higher waves.

* Locations impacted include...
  Vermilion Bay, West Cote Blanche Bay, and Atchafalaya Bay.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Boaters should seek safe harbor immediately until these storms pass.
Wind gusts 34 knots or greater, small hail, high waves, dangerous
lightning, and heavy rain are possible with these storms.

&&

LAT...LON 2937 9125 2926 9132 2953 9176 2957 9170
      2957 9171 2963 9212 2978 9219 2976 9159
      2975 9157 2975 9162 2963 9165 2974 9158
      2963 9156 2969 9148 2952 9155 2955 9143
      2968 9148 2933 9113
TIME...MOT...LOC 0454Z 300DEG 23KT 3001 9143 2969 9176

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...>34KTS

$$

Calhoun