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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
703 AM CST SAT JAN 10 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS...
* UNTIL 900 AM CST.
* AT 703 AM CST, A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 NM
NORTH OF MANCHAC TO 17 NM SOUTHWEST OF LAKE MAUREPAS, MOVING EAST
AT 20 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
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...
MADISONVILLE, MANCHAC, LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN/LAKE MAUREPAS, ORLEANS
MARINA, MANDEVILLE, THE MID POINT OF THE CAUSEWAY BRIDGE, LAKE
MAUREPAS, KENNER, EDEN ISLE, AND LACOMBE.
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 3037 9004 3029 8995 3022 8976 3015 8972
3007 8981 3010 8987 3000 9003 2999 9015
3003 9039 3010 9046 3016 9046 3015 9058
3020 9063 3031 9059 3036 9051 3034 9041
3028 9037 3038 9028 3041 9017
TIME...MOT...LOC 1303Z 274DEG 19KT 3040 9044 3005 9074
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
MEFFER
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