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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
125 PM CDT FRI APR 16 2021
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
COASTAL WATERS FROM STAKE ISLAND LA TO SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM...
* UNTIL 215 PM CDT.
* AT 125 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 55 NM SOUTHEAST OF
SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30
KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER AND LARGE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...EXPECT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34 KNOTS AND SUDDENLY
HIGHER WAVES. BOATS COULD SUSTAIN DAMAGE OR CAPSIZE. MAKE
SURE ALL ON BOARD ARE WEARING LIFE JACKETS. RETURN TO
SAFE HARBOR IF POSSIBLE. LARGE HAIL COULD RESULT IN
INJURY AND DAMAGE TO BOATS...VESSELS AND OIL RIGS.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY OPEN WATERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES.
WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER, LARGE HAIL, HIGH WAVES, DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING, AND HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE COAST GUARD OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
LAT...LON 2843 8819 2838 8822 2827 8833 2843 8860
2858 8850 2845 8818
TIME...MOT...LOC 1825Z 299DEG 31KT 2847 8848
HAIL...>.75IN
WIND...>34KTS
PG
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