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FZUS74 KLIX 031418  
MWSLIX  
 
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA  
918 AM CDT FRI MAY 3 2024  
 
GMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-031515-  
918 AM CDT FRI MAY 3 2024  
 
A MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...  
COASTAL WATERS FROM BOOTHVILLE LA TO SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE  
MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM...  
COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON LA TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA  
OUT 20 NM...  
COASTAL WATERS FROM STAKE ISLAND LA TO SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE  
MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM...  
COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON LOUISIANA TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA  
RIVER LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM...  
COASTAL WATERS FROM SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO  
PORT FOURCHON LOUISIANA FROM 20 TO 60 NM...  
COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO  
PORT FOURCHON LOUISIANA OUT 20 NM...  
 
AT 916 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS, CAPABLE  
OF PRODUCING WINDS TO AROUND 30 KNOTS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE  
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 NM NORTHEAST OF TIMBALIER BAY  
TO 12 NM SOUTHEAST OF TIMBALIER ISLAND TO 34 NM SOUTHWEST OF  
LOUISIANA OFFSHORE OIL PORT, MOVING EAST AT 40 KNOTS.  
 
MARINERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 30 KNOTS, LOCALLY HIGHER  
WAVES, AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE  
HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THIS ACTIVITY PASSES.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 2831 9070 2890 9037 2936 9034 2915 9021  
2915 9017 2919 9012 2938 9019 2939 9007  
2941 9006 2947 8979 2944 8977 2944 8971  
2933 8969 2929 8957 2927 8957 2927 8944  
2921 8943 2922 8931 2814 8910  
 

 
 
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