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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
140 PM CST FRI FEB 10 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
  WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA FROM 20
  TO 60 NM OVER GULF OF MEXICO WATERS...
* UNTIL 215 PM CST
* AT 137 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER OVER
  EUGENE ISLAND 217...OR ABOUT 47 NM SOUTH OF ATCHAFALAYA BAY...
  MOVING EAST AT 45 KNOTS.
* THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  EUGENE ISLAND 215 BY 145 PM CST
  EUGENE ISLAND 212 AND EUGENE ISLAND 189 BY 150 PM CST
  EUGENE ISLAND 257 AND SHIP SHOAL 224 BY 155 PM CST
  SHIP SHOAL 198 BY 200 PM CST
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.
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN WATERSPOUTS. WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY
OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR
IMMEDIATELY.
&&
LAT...LON 2845 9127 2854 9169 2881 9167 2885 9126
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 275DEG 45KT 2864 9153
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FN/RD