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
157 AM CDT Thu Jul 17 2025

The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for...
  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 300 AM CDT.

* At 157 AM CDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 7 nm north of South Marsh Island 239 to near Eugene
  Island 95 to Eugene Island 206, moving west at 25 knots.

  HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater.

  SOURCE...Radar.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  South Marsh Island 217, South Marsh Island 239, South Marsh Island
  23, Eugene Island 105, Eugene Island 24, Eugene Island 100, Eugene
  Island 28, South Marsh Island 236, South Marsh Island 40, Eugene
  Island 107, Eugene Island 129, Eugene Island 108, Vermilion 31,
  Vermilion 51, Vermilion 131, Eugene Island 175, Eugene Island 63,
  South Marsh Island 27, Eugene Island 42, and Eugene Island 158.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.

&&

LAT...LON 2877 9132 2870 9209 2908 9225 2948 9239
      2944 9160 2943 9158 2910 9146
TIME...MOT...LOC 0657Z 094DEG 25KT 2944 9189 2907 9177 2868 9160

HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS

$$

Denson