Special Marine Warning
NWS Lake Charles LA ยท US
Details
Special Marine Warning Issued September 22 At 5:55PM CDT Until September 22 At 6:30PM 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... Coastal waters from Cameron LA to High Island TX out 20 NM... Sabine Lake... * Until 630 PM CDT. * At 555 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near The Mouth Of The Sabine River, moving south at 15 knots.
Hazard
Wind gusts 34 knots or greater.
Source
Radar.
Impacts
Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves.
Locations impacted
West Cameron 45, West Cameron 53, West Cameron 48, The Mouth Of The Sabine River, and Port Arthur.
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
- Sabine Lake
- Coastal waters from Cameron LA to High Island TX out 20 NM
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Lake Charles LA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m10s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M35NAWQYRDQRGSKKCJ3EWQSP
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.03b4426e681b939564deac7380de0ab643cda42b.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.8042
- 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 222255 |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-22T22:55:00-00:00...storm...021DEG...15KT...29.75,-93.82 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KLCH.MA.W.0089.260922T2255Z-260922T2330Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-22T18:30:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Sabine Lake
- Coastal waters from Cameron LA to High Island TX out 20 NM
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 077430 |
| SAME | 077450 |
| UGC | GMZ430 |
| UGC | GMZ450 |
- Polygons
- 29.7,-94.05 29.7,-93.91 29.75,-93.98 29.76,-93.97 29.77,-93.85 29.73,-93.83 29.76,-93.75 29.77,-93.54 29.48,-93.67 29.63,-94.14 29.7,-94.05