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FZUS74 KLIX 151509
MWSLIX
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1009 AM CDT TUE SEP 15 2020
GMZ577-151530-
/O.CON.KLIX.MA.W.0435.000000T0000Z-200915T1530Z/
1009 AM CDT TUE SEP 15 2020
..A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI TO STAKE ISLAND LOUISIANA
OUT 20 TO 60 NM...
AT 1009 AM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED 41 NM EAST OF PILOTTOWN, MOVING SOUTHWEST AT
25 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 65 KNOTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN QUICKLY FORM AND CAPSIZE BOATS...DAMAGE
VESSELS AND OIL RIGS...AND CREATE SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
MAKE SURE ALL ON BOARD ARE IN A SECURE LOCATION AND WEARING
LIFE JACKETS. EXPECT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 65 KNOTS AND
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES. BOATS COULD SUSTAIN CATASTROPHIC
DAMAGE OR CAPSIZE. MAKE SURE ALL ON BOARD ARE WEARING LIFE
JACKETS. RETURN TO SAFE HARBOR IF POSSIBLE
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY OPEN WATERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN WATERSPOUTS. WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY
OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR
IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 2930 8840 2928 8830 2921 8828 2913 8828
2908 8831 2908 8837 2913 8844 2924 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 1509Z 033DEG 24KT 2921 8842
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...65KTS
KLG
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