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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1059 AM CDT TUE JUL 14 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
COASTAL WATERS FROM BOOTHVILLE LA TO SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM...
COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO
PORT FOURCHON LOUISIANA OUT 20 NM...
* UNTIL NOON CDT.
* AT 1059 AM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED NEAR SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER, MOVING EAST AT 25 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
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...
SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STRONG WINDS WILL BE DANGEROUS FOR BOATERS OR ANYONE NEAR THE WATER.
BOATERS SHOULD AVOID WATERSPOUTS AND NEVER TRY TO NAVIGATE NEAR THEM.
MAKE SURE ALL ON BOARD ARE WEARING LIFE JACKETS. SEEK SHELTER OR MOVE
TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 2876 8884 2870 8892 2865 8902 2866 8951
2899 8957 2898 8873
TIME...MOT...LOC 1559Z 270DEG 26KT 2886 8933
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
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