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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
621 PM CDT MON JUN 29 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
  COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND TX OUT 20 NM OVER
  GULF OF MEXICO WATERS...
  CALCASIEU LAKE OVER GULF OF MEXICO WATERS...
  COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA OUT 20 NM OVER
  GULF OF MEXICO WATERS...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 617 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER
  FROM 11 NM EAST OF CALCASIEU LAKE TO 8 NM WEST OF CALCASIEU LAKE...
  OR FROM 13 NM NORTHEAST OF CAMERON TO 11 NM NORTHWEST OF CAMERON...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 KNOTS.

* THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR
  CALCASIEU LAKE AT 640 PM CDT...
  COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND TX OUT 20 NM AT 710
  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.

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 2996 9325 2986 9323 2983 9327 2983 9333
      2978 9333 2979 9320 2973 9296 2969 9287
      2961 9281 2971 9354 2978 9355 2978 9336
      2983 9336 2982 9340 2987 9345 2991 9335
      2997 9335
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 311DEG 10KT 2989 9307 2993 9342

$$

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