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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
313 PM CDT THU MAY 21 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN...
* UNTIL 415 PM CDT.
* AT 313 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED NEAR EDEN ISLE, MOVING NORTH AT 5 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...
EDEN ISLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STRONG WINDS WILL BE DANGEROUS FOR BOATERS OR ANYONE NEAR THE WATER.
BOATERS SHOULD AVOID WATERSPOUTS AND NEVER TRY TO NAVIGATE NEAR THEM.
MAKE SURE ALL ON BOARD ARE WEARING LIFE JACKETS. SEEK SHELTER OR MOVE
TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE COAST GUARD OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3028 8985 3024 8978 3022 8976 3018 8974
3018 8976 3017 8974 3013 8972 3009 8979
3012 8990 3028 8988
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 197DEG 5KT 3013 8984
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
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