Special Marine Warning
NWS Lake Charles LA ยท US
Updated
Details
A Special Marine Warning Remains In Effect Until 515 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Marine Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
For the following areas... Calcasieu Lake... At 504 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 7 nm north of Cameron, moving southwest at 5 knots.
Hazard
Wind gusts to 40 knots.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. Locations impacted include... 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
- ~54s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M35JD0EZ6QFZ6PYFG3PX99RK
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a3bc4438dfefccf9c52a06769c7e477ca1277124.001.1
- 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.6824
- WMO heading
- XOUS54
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 54
References
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | MAW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | MWSLCH |
| WMOidentifier | FZUS74 KLCH 222204 |
| NWSheadline | A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-22T22:04:00-00:00...storm...035DEG...5KT...29.93,-93.25 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KLCH.MA.W.0085.000000T0000Z-260922T2215Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-22T17:15:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Calcasieu Lake
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 077432 |
| UGC | GMZ432 |
- Polygons
- 29.88,-93.22 29.86,-93.21 29.84,-93.25 29.86,-93.3 29.89,-93.36 29.97,-93.32 29.88,-93.22