Special Marine Warning
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
963 WHUS54 KLCH 310402 SMWLCH GMZ435-436-455-310500- /O.NEW.KLCH.MA.W.0188.240531T0402Z-240531T0500Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Special Marine Warning National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 1102 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 midnight CDT. * At 1102 PM CDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 32 nm north of West Cote Blanche Bay to 13 nm north of Vermilion Bay to near White Lake, moving southeast at 35 knots. HAZARD...Wind gusts to 40 knots and small hail. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. * Locations impacted include... Vermilion Bay, Marsh Island, West Cote Blanche Bay, and Atchafalaya Bay. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Boaters should seek safe harbor immediately until these storms pass. Wind gusts to 40 knots, small hail, high waves, dangerous lightning, and heavy rain are possible with these storms. && LAT...LON 2936 9182 2975 9221 2985 9213 2984 9179 2984 9181 2983 9183 2982 9182 2971 9188 2976 9159 2975 9157 2975 9162 2963 9165 2974 9158 2969 9148 2952 9155 2955 9143 2968 9148 2968 9147 2933 9113 TIME...MOT...LOC 0402Z 326DEG 34KT 3021 9184 2994 9205 2973 9247 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...40KTS $$ Calhoun