Special Marine Warning
NWS Lake Charles LA ยท US
Details
Special Marine Warning Issued September 22 At 7:42PM CDT Until September 22 At 8:45PM 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... Waters from Cameron LA to High Island TX from 20 to 60 NM... * Until 845 PM CDT. * At 742 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near High Island 129, or 22 nm south of The Mouth Of The Sabine River, moving southwest 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
High Island 199, High Island 167, High Island A177, High Island A201, High Island 170, High Island 129, High Island 5, and High Island 116.
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
- Waters from Cameron LA to High Island TX from 20 to 60 NM
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Lake Charles LA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~45s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M35VE1D34B65PXW2XB7GX1QE
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.3fc985302694e3be417ff175a908eb591a538a27.001.1
- 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.1021
- 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 230042 |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-23T00:42:00-00:00...storm...035DEG...17KT...29.31,-93.79 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KLCH.MA.W.0091.260923T0042Z-260923T0145Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-22T20:45:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Waters from Cameron LA to High Island TX from 20 to 60 NM
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 077470 |
| UGC | GMZ470 |
- Polygons
- 29.34,-93.92 29.34,-93.83 29.35,-93.74 29.32,-93.65 28.78,-93.85 29.18,-94.25 29.21,-94.26 29.34,-93.92