Special Marine Warning Issued for Calcasieu Lake
This alert is no longer in effect.
NOAA issued it on June 1, 2026, 2 months ago. Warnings of this kind stay in effect for hours to a few days, so this page is a historical record of what was issued, not a current warning. For conditions where you are right now, check weather.gov (US), weather.gc.ca (Canada), the Met Office (UK), or the Bureau of Meteorology (Australia).
Areazine synthesizes this NWS weather alert directly from NOAA's official public data feed. See our methodology for full source attribution and refresh cadence.
NWS Lake Charles has issued a Special Marine Warning for Calcasieu Lake until 11:15 PM CDT due to a strong thunderstorm producing wind gusts to 40 knots.
Read this weather record in 30 seconds
- Record type
- Special Marine Warning
- Affected area
- Calcasieu Lake
- Issued
- June 1, 2026
- Issuing authority
- NWS Lake Charles LA
Marine notices apply to named waters or shoreline zones. They may not describe conditions on land, even when the nearest place name is the same.
Record status: historical. It was issued 2 months ago; use the issuing agency's live warning service for current conditions in Calcasieu Lake.
Alert Details
A Special Marine Warning has been issued by the National Weather Service in Lake Charles LA. The alert is effective from May 19 at 10:12 PM CDT until May 19 at 11:15 PM CDT.
Affected Areas
The warning covers Calcasieu Lake. Impacted locations include Cameron.
What You Should Do
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.
Expected Conditions
At 10:11 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 24 nm north of Cameron, moving southeast at 30 knots. Hazard includes wind gusts to 40 knots. Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves.
Timeline
The alert is in effect from May 19 at 10:12 PM CDT and expires May 19 at 11:15 PM CDT.
Original source: NOAA Official Notice ↗
Related Weather Alerts
All Weather Alerts →Nationwide notices with similar length or severity timing 8
Two Areazine-derived peer sets for this NWS weather alert: nearest notices by body length and by same severity near the same agency date. Peers come from other categories so they are not the same-feed Related list above.
Similar body length
Nearest notices by article body length (875 characters here).
Similar severity timing
Same severity (high) notices issued closest in time to June 1, 2026.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about this NWS weather alert.