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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1015 AM CDT FRI MAY 22 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
CHANDELEUR SOUND...
MISSISSIPPI SOUND...
* UNTIL 1115 AM CDT.
* AT 1015 AM CDT, A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED 8 NM SOUTHWEST OF CAT ISLAND,
MOVING NORTHWEST 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...
CAT ISLAND, PASS CHRISTIAN, LONG BEACH, BILOXI, AND GULFPORT.
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.
LAT...LON 3006 8906 3003 8933 3033 8929 3041 8894
TIME...MOT...LOC 1515Z 147DEG 6KT 3016 8921
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
CAB
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