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FZUS74 KLIX 170017
MWSLIX
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
717 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2025
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717 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2025
..A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
CHANDELEUR SOUND...
LAKE BORGNE...
MISSISSIPPI SOUND...
AT 716 PM CDT, A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 NM NORTHEAST
OF RIGOLETS TO 13 NM EAST OF LAKE BORGNE, MOVING WEST AT 15 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...
RIGOLETS.
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 3023 8943 3017 8944 3010 8936 3003 8938
3000 8949 3001 8949 3000 8951 2999 8964
3005 8976 3019 8962
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 078DEG 13KT 3026 8956 3006 8944
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...40KTS
KLG
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