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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1244 PM CDT SAT SEP 12 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
TERREBONNE BAY...
COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON LA TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA
OUT 20 NM...
* UNTIL 215 PM CDT.
* AT 1244 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM 9 NM WEST OF GOLDEN
MEADOW TO 6 NM SOUTHEAST OF POINT AU FER ISLAND, OR ALONG A LINE
FROM 10 NM NORTH OF TIMBALIER BAY TO 6 NM SOUTHEAST OF POINT AU FER
ISLAND, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS TO 34 KNOTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY
HAZARDOUS SEAS. SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY
HIGHER WINDS AND SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ISLE DERNIERS, TERREBONNE BAY, CAILLOU BAY, TIMBALIER ISLAND AND
TIMBALIER BAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. IF CAUGHT ON THE
OPEN WATER STAY BELOW DECK IF POSSIBLE, KEEP AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED
METAL OBJECTS.
LAT...LON 2926 9120 2934 9113 2933 9108 2926 9108
2931 9102 2924 9076 2922 9078 2921 9075
2925 9068 2932 9064 2940 9049 2935 9040
2937 9035 2930 9032 2923 9021 2919 9023
2910 9019 2905 9019 2897 9055 2901 9122
TIME...MOT...LOC 1744Z 305DEG 5KT 2935 9044 2913 9073 2924 9113
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...34 KTS
HRL
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