Special Marine Warning
NWS Lake Charles LA ยท US
Details
Special Marine Warning Issued September 22 At 5:16PM CDT Until September 22 At 6:15PM 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... Atchafalaya and East Cote Blanche Bays... Coastal waters from Lower Atchafalaya River to Intracoastal City LA out 20 NM... Vermilion and West Cote Blanche Bays... * Until 615 PM CDT. * At 516 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 9 nm southeast of West Cote Blanche Bay, moving southwest at 15 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
South Marsh Island 217, South Marsh Island 239, Eugene Island 24, Eugene Island 28, Eugene Island 30, Eugene Island 74, Eugene Island 32, Eugene Island 42, and Eugene Island 53.
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
- Vermilion and West Cote Blanche Bays
- Atchafalaya and East Cote Blanche Bays
- Coastal waters from Lower Atchafalaya River to Intracoastal City LA out 20 NM
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Lake Charles LA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~48s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M35K2SSSA6S0VSVFTP0F28YM
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.afb3e1ddfaacf6f597329c4ef078ce600cfc79cc.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.7229
- 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 222216 |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-22T22:16:00-00:00...storm...042DEG...13KT...29.52,-91.66 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KLCH.MA.W.0086.260922T2216Z-260922T2315Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-22T18:15:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Vermilion and West Cote Blanche Bays
- Atchafalaya and East Cote Blanche Bays
- Coastal waters from Lower Atchafalaya River to Intracoastal City LA out 20 NM
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 077435 |
| SAME | 077436 |
| SAME | 077455 |
| UGC | GMZ435 |
| UGC | GMZ436 |
| UGC | GMZ455 |
- Polygons
- 29.12,-91.65 29.48,-92.12 29.58,-91.95 29.51,-91.84 29.54,-91.78 29.54,-91.83 29.58,-91.84 29.61,-91.89 29.67,-91.78 29.48,-91.44 29.12,-91.65