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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
928 PM CDT FRI AUG 21 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
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...
* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT.
* AT 927 PM CDT, A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
TO 13 NM SOUTHWEST OF LOUISIANA OFFSHORE OIL PORT TO 17 NM
SOUTHEAST OF ISLE DERNIERS TO 10 NM EAST OF EUGENE ISLAND 120,
MOVING SOUTH AT 30 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* THE CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY OPEN
WATERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STRONG WINDS WILL BE DANGEROUS FOR BOATERS OR ANYONE NEAR THE WATER.
MAKE SURE ALL ON BOARD ARE WEARING LIFE JACKETS. SEEK SHELTER OR MOVE
TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 2899 9126 2879 9050 2866 9037 2859 9013
2860 8977 2864 8949 2837 8927 2820 9031
2825 9078 2838 9127
TIME...MOT...LOC 0227Z 012DEG 28KT 2890 8946 2871 9019 2880 9064 2900
9125
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...40KTS
FRYE
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