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
300 PM CDT WED MAY 22 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...

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 254 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER 4 NM
  SOUTHEAST OF ATCHAFALAYA BAY...MOVING EAST AT 15 KNOTS.

* THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA
  OUT 20 NM AT 310 PM 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.

&&

LAT...LON 2933 9112 2930 9116 2933 9117 2931 9119
      2931 9122 2937 9124 2931 9129 2930 9133
      2929 9133 2937 9162 2954 9140 2952 9140
      2952 9135 2948 9126 2944 9125 2944 9121
      2938 9120
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 285DEG 17KT 2936 9126

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