Special Marine Warning
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1110 AM CDT SAT MAY 11 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
  COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA
  OUT 20 NM OVER GULF OF MEXICO WATERS...
  WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA FROM 20
  TO 60 NM OVER GULF OF MEXICO WATERS...

* UNTIL 1215 PM CDT

* AT 1104 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER OVER
  EUGENE ISLAND 184...OR ABOUT 42 NM SOUTH OF ATCHAFALAYA BAY...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 KNOTS.

* THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  EUGENE ISLAND 189 BY 1125 AM CDT
  EUGENE ISLAND 142 BY 1130 AM CDT
  EUGENE ISLAND 120 BY 1140 AM CDT

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MARINERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS...HIGH WAVES...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...
AND HEAVY RAINS. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY...UNTIL
THIS STORM PASSES.

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 2866 9133 2862 9156 2876 9169 2887 9163
      2911 9126 2870 9126
TIME...MOT...LOC 1610Z 230DEG 27KT 2875 9153

$$

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