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MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1245 PM CDT FRI AUG 21 2026
GMZ570-572-211845-
1245 PM CDT FRI AUG 21 2026
A MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
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...
AT 1245 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM,
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS TO AROUND 30 KNOTS AND WEAK WATERSPOUTS.
THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 13 NM SOUTH OF LOUISIANA OFFSHORE OIL
PORT, OR 30 NM SOUTHEAST OF TIMBALIER ISLAND. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS
NEARLY STATIONARY.
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.
BRIEF, WEAK WATERSPOUTS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS ACTIVITY. REMAIN ON
ALERT IN CASE WARNINGS ARE ISSUED FOR WATERSPOUT DEVELOPMENT.
LAT...LON 2878 9008 2864 8991 2841 8999 2867 9031
ZERINGUE
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