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FZUS74 KLIX 232142
MWSLIX
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
442 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2026
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442 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2026
..A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
BARATARIA BAY...
COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON LA TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA
OUT 20 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...
TERREBONNE BAY...
AT 441 PM CDT, A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR TIMBALIER
BAY TO 12 NM WEST OF LOUISIANA OFFSHORE OIL PORT TO 17 NM SOUTHEAST
OF TIMBALIER ISLAND, MOVING EAST AT 20 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS, WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 KNOTS, AND SMALL
HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN QUICKLY FORM AND CAPSIZE BOATS... DAMAGE
VESSELS AND OIL RIGS... AND CREATE SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
WATERSPOUTS CAN BECOME TORNADOES IF THEY MOVE ONSHORE
CAUSING WIND DAMAGE AND CAN BE LIFE-THREATENING. BOATS
COULD SUFFER SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN HIGH WINDS.
SMALL CRAFT COULD CAPSIZE IN SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LOUISIANA OFFSHORE OIL PORT, TIMBALIER ISLAND, AND GRAND ISLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS.
WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 KNOTS, SMALL HAIL, HIGH WAVES, DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING, AND HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. IF CAUGHT ON THE
OPEN WATER STAY BELOW DECK IF POSSIBLE, KEEP AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED
METAL OBJECTS.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE COAST GUARD OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
LAT...LON 2853 9084 2880 9058 2895 9052 2916 9068
2918 9021 2914 9019 2918 9017 2919 9003
2892 8983 2877 8989 2844 9020
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 270DEG 19KT 2911 9036 2895 9024 2881 9030 2859
9051
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...50KTS
PG
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