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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
354 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 BOOTHVILLE LA TO SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM...
COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI TO STAKE ISLAND
LOUISIANA OUT 20 TO 60 NM...
COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI TO STAKE ISLAND OUT 20
NM...
MISSISSIPPI SOUND...
* UNTIL 530 AM CDT.
* AT 354 AM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR BILOXI TO NEAR PORT SULPHUR, MOVING EAST AT 30
KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CAT ISLAND, MISSISSIPPI SOUND, PASCAGOULA, HORN ISLAND, SHIP
ISLAND, CHANDELEUR SOUND, GULF PARK ESTATES, BRETON SOUND, OCEAN
SPRINGS, BILOXI, AND GULFPORT.
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.
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 3043 8881 3038 8873 3040 8859 3037 8849
3037 8840 2993 8832 2943 8879 2948 8965
2954 8974 2962 8976 2966 8975 2978 8963
2977 8951 2983 8949 2983 8945 2987 8940
2993 8942 2995 8948 3043 8903
TIME...MOT...LOC 0854Z 270DEG 32KT 3050 8889 2955 8978
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...40KTS
PG
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