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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
151 AM CDT TUE MAY 6 2025
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 245 AM CDT.
* AT 151 AM CDT, A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED 14 NM
SOUTHWEST OF TIMBALIER ISLAND, MOVING EAST AT 20 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS AND LARGE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES. LARGE HAIL COULD RESULT IN INJURY
AND DAMAGE TO BOATS...VESSELS AND OIL RIGS.
* THE CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY OPEN
WATERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS, LARGE HAIL, HIGH WAVES, DANGEROUS LIGHTNING,
AND HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. IF CAUGHT ON THE
OPEN WATER STAY BELOW DECK IF POSSIBLE, KEEP AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED
METAL OBJECTS.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE COAST GUARD OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
LAT...LON 2876 9065 2894 9065 2898 9004 2871 9004
TIME...MOT...LOC 0651Z 269DEG 22KT 2885 9057
HAIL...>.75IN
WIND...40KTS
PG
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