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WHUS54 KLIX 062023
SMWLIX
GMZ530-062100-
/O.NEW.KLIX.MA.W.0192.250706T2023Z-250706T2100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
323 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS...
* UNTIL 400 PM CDT.
* AT 323 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED NEAR KENNER, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS, WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER, AND SMALL
HAIL.
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...
THE MID POINT OF THE CAUSEWAY BRIDGE, LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN/LAKE
MAUREPAS, AND KENNER.
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.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE COAST GUARD OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3017 8998 3000 9020 3001 9024 3006 9037
3031 9024
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 211DEG 13KT 3008 9024
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...>34KTS
ZERINGUE
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