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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1047 AM CDT WED SEP 23 2020
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...
* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT.
* AT 1046 AM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED 11 NM SOUTHEAST OF ISLE DERNIERS. THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN QUICKLY FORM AND CAPSIZE BOATS...DAMAGE
VESSELS AND OIL RIGS...AND CREATE SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
MAKE SURE ALL ON BOARD ARE IN A SECURE LOCATION AND
WEARING LIFE JACKETS. EXPECT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34
KNOTS AND SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES. BOATS COULD SUSTAIN
DAMAGE OR CAPSIZE. MAKE SURE ALL ON BOARD ARE WEARING
LIFE JACKETS. RETURN TO SAFE HARBOR IF POSSIBLE.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY OPEN WATERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE
EXPECTED.
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN WATERSPOUTS. WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY
OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR
IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 2888 9052 2886 9072 2908 9080 2910 9049
TIME...MOT...LOC 1546Z 174DEG 4KT 2895 9063
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
RR
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