Special Marine Warning
NWS Lake Charles LA ยท US
Updated
Details
A Special Marine Warning Remains In Effect Until 845 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... Waters from Cameron LA to High Island TX from 20 to 60 NM... At 810 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near High Island 167, or 19 nm northeast of Heald Bank, moving southwest at 15 knots.
Hazard
Wind gusts 34 knots or greater.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. Locations impacted include... High Island 199, High Island 170, High Island 167, and High Island 5.
Instructions
Move to safe harbor immediately as gusty winds and high waves are expected.
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
- ~57s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M35X1NY2RP6TEJN7G52EHH99
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e62a93679aef6d7d8d4496d8cb01fbaf27afa6ac.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.1791
- 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 230110 |
| NWSheadline | A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-23T01:10:00-00:00...storm...035DEG...17KT...29.2,-93.88 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KLCH.MA.W.0091.000000T0000Z-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
- 29.31,-93.91 29.2,-93.74 28.83,-93.9 29.16,-94.23 29.31,-93.91