366  
WHUS54 KLIX 161026  
SMWLIX  
GMZ536-538-555-557-577-161200-  
/O.NEW.KLIX.MA.W.0031.260316T1026Z-260316T1200Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA  
526 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...  
 
* UNTIL 700 AM CDT.  
 
* AT 525 AM CDT, A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED 18 NM  
SOUTHEAST OF CHANDELEUR SOUND, MOVING EAST AT 30 KNOTS.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 KNOTS AND LARGE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR.  
 
IMPACT...BOATS COULD SUFFER SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN HIGH  
WINDS. SMALL CRAFT COULD CAPSIZE IN SUDDENLY HIGHER  
WAVES. LARGE HAIL COULD RESULT IN INJURY AND DAMAGE TO  
BOATS...VESSELS AND OIL RIGS.  
 
* THE CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY OPEN  
WATERS.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS.  
WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 KNOTS, LARGE HAIL, HIGH WAVES, DANGEROUS  
LIGHTNING, AND HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 2935 8939 3011 8872 3011 8836 2986 8830  
2931 8802  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1025Z 271DEG 31KT 2969 8881  
 
HAIL...>.75IN  
WIND...50KTS  
 

 
 
FRYE  
 
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