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FZUS74 KLIX 311648
MWSLIX
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1148 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2025
GMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-311715-
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1148 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2025
..A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
COASTAL WATERS FROM BOOTHVILLE LA TO SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM...
COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON LA TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA
OUT 20 NM...
COASTAL WATERS FROM STAKE ISLAND LA TO SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 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...
AT 1148 AM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 NM NORTHEAST OF EUGENE
ISLAND 189 TO NEAR LOUISIANA OFFSHORE OIL PORT TO NEAR SOUTHWEST PASS
OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, MOVING SOUTH AT 35 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
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...
SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, ISLE DERNIERS, LOUISIANA
OFFSHORE OIL PORT, AND TIMBALIER ISLAND.
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 2904 9126 2921 8932 2873 8879 2845 8986
2865 9125
TIME...MOT...LOC 1648Z 339DEG 34KT 2885 9117 2881 9007 2901 8941
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...40KTS
ZERINGUE
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