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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
453 PM CDT WED APR 1 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
COASTAL WATERS FROM SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT
FOURCHON LOUISIANA FROM 20 TO 60 NM...
COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO
PORT FOURCHON LOUISIANA OUT 20 NM...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT.
* AT 453 PM CDT, A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED 35 NM SOUTH OF SOUTHWEST PASS OF
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS, WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER, AND LARGE
HAIL.
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. 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...
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 2836 8945 2827 8963 2859 8984 2885 8953
2883 8940 2851 8937
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 150DEG 10KT 2839 8959
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...>.75IN
WIND...>34KTS
FRYE
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