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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
900 AM CDT SAT MAY 9 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
BRETON SOUND...
CHANDELEUR SOUND...
COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI TO STAKE ISLAND
LOUISIANA OUT 20 TO 60 NM...
COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI TO STAKE ISLAND OUT 20
NM...
MISSISSIPPI SOUND...
* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT.
* AT 900 AM CDT, A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 NM
WEST OF PASCAGOULA TO NEAR MISSISSIPPI SOUND TO 15 NM WEST OF
CHANDELEUR SOUND, MOVING EAST AT 35 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN QUICKLY FORM AND CAPSIZE BOATS...DAMAGE
VESSELS AND OIL RIGS...AND CREATE SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHIP ISLAND, CAT ISLAND, CHANDELEUR SOUND, MISSISSIPPI SOUND,
PASCAGOULA, AND HORN ISLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STRONG WINDS WILL BE DANGEROUS FOR BOATERS OR ANYONE NEAR THE WATER.
BOATERS SHOULD AVOID WATERSPOUTS AND NEVER TRY TO NAVIGATE NEAR THEM.
MAKE SURE ALL ON BOARD ARE WEARING LIFE JACKETS. SEEK SHELTER OR MOVE
TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE COAST GUARD OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3038 8873 3040 8859 3037 8854 3037 8840
2988 8831 2986 8842 2977 8844 2956 8902
2976 8927 2976 8931 2983 8943 2987 8940
2993 8942 2994 8944 3029 8907 3042 8879
TIME...MOT...LOC 1400Z 284DEG 37KT 3041 8872 3024 8881 2998 8932
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...40KTS
TJS
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