Special Marine Warning
NWS Lake Charles LA ยท US
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Special Marine Warning Issued September 22 At 4:34PM CDT Until September 22 At 5:15PM CDT By NWS Lake Charles LA
- Event
- Special Marine Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
SMWLCH The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Calcasieu Lake... * Until 515 PM CDT. * At 434 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 10 nm north of Cameron, moving southwest at 5 knots.
Hazard
Wind gusts to 40 knots.
Source
Radar.
Impacts
Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves.
Locations impacted
Cameron.
Instructions
Move to safe harbor immediately as gusty winds and high waves are expected. Frequent lightning is occurring with this storm. If caught on the open water stay below deck if possible, keep away from ungrounded metal objects.
Affected areas
- Calcasieu Lake
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Lake Charles LA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~43s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M35GNRPSG0NM4VZWY2H3BFE0
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.9ab9525392df627727dfc2d4bcead356629da1e8.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Lake Charles LA
- AWIPS ID
- CAPLCH
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.6005
- WMO heading
- XOUS54
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 54
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | SMW |
| NationalWeatherService | MAW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SMWLCH |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS54 KLCH 222134 |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-22T21:34:00-00:00...storm...035DEG...5KT...29.96,-93.22 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KLCH.MA.W.0085.260922T2134Z-260922T2215Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-22T17:15:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Calcasieu Lake
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 077432 |
| UGC | GMZ432 |
- Polygons
- 29.87,-93.21 29.86,-93.21 29.84,-93.25 29.9,-93.39 29.91,-93.38 29.96,-93.37 30.03,-93.26 29.87,-93.21