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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
208 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS...
* UNTIL 315 PM CDT.
* AT 208 PM CDT, A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED NEAR ORLEANS MARINA, MOVING NORTH
AT 10 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS, WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER, AND SMALL
HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN QUICKLY FORM AND CAPSIZE BOATS...DAMAGE
VESSELS AND OIL RIGS...AND CREATE SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
THE MID POINT OF THE CAUSEWAY BRIDGE, MANDEVILLE, LAKE
PONTCHARTRAIN/LAKE MAUREPAS, ORLEANS MARINA, EDEN ISLE, AND KENNER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STRONG WINDS WILL BE DANGEROUS FOR BOATERS OR ANYONE NEAR THE WATER.
MAKE SURE ALL ON BOARD ARE WEARING LIFE JACKETS. SEEK SHELTER OR MOVE
TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. IF CAUGHT ON THE
OPEN WATER STAY BELOW DECK IF POSSIBLE, KEEP AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED
METAL OBJECTS.
LAT...LON 3038 9006 3032 8997 3029 8995 3028 8989
3026 8985 3020 8980 3010 8989 3003 8999
3002 9017 3004 9028 3033 9032 3040 9017
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 169DEG 11KT 3009 9011
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...>34KTS
HRL
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