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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
240 AM CDT TUE MAY 6 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
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 345 AM CDT.
* AT 239 AM CDT, A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR LOUISIANA OFFSHORE OIL PORT TO 29 NM
SOUTH OF GRAND ISLE TO 36 NM SOUTHEAST OF TIMBALIER ISLAND, MOVING
EAST AT 25 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER 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.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LOUISIANA OFFSHORE OIL PORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS.
WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER, 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 2835 8937 2855 9007 2873 8998 2893 9004
2887 8938 2876 8929 2860 8924
TIME...MOT...LOC 0739Z 281DEG 27KT 2885 8997 2873 8993 2861 8999
HAIL...>.75IN
WIND...>34KTS
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