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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
312 AM CDT MON MAR 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
BRETON SOUND...
CHANDELEUR SOUND...
COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI TO STAKE ISLAND OUT 20
NM...
LAKE BORGNE...
MISSISSIPPI SOUND...
* UNTIL 415 AM CDT.
* AT 312 AM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR BAY ST. LOUIS TO MONTEGUT, MOVING EAST AT 35
KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS AND SMALL HAIL.
SOURCE...BUOY.
IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
YSCLOSKEY, WAVELAND, PASS CHRISTIAN, SHIP ISLAND, LAKE BORGNE, CAT
ISLAND, BAY ST. LOUIS, MISSISSIPPI SOUND, PASCAGOULA, LONG BEACH,
RIGOLETS, GULF PARK ESTATES, PORT SULPHUR, OCEAN SPRINGS, GULFPORT,
AND BILOXI.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
LOUISIANA...AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS, SMALL 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 3037 8851 2949 8967 2952 8973 2962 8977
2977 8968 2977 8951 2987 8940 3001 8949
2998 8955 2987 8957 2983 8967 2992 8985
3001 8989 3007 8983 3007 8976 3020 8966
3022 8948 3040 8936 3035 8924 3041 8903
TIME...MOT...LOC 0812Z 272DEG 33KT 3037 8935 2947 9053
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...40KTS
PG
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