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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
517 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
MISSISSIPPI SOUND...
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT.
* AT 517 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED OVER PASS CHRISTIAN, MOVING EAST 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, LONG BEACH, PASS CHRISTIAN, BILOXI, AND GULFPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STRONG WINDS WILL BE DANGEROUS FOR BOATERS OR ANYONE NEAR THE WATER.
BOATERS SHOULD AVOID WATERSPOUTS AND NEVER NAVIGATE NEAR THEM. MAKE
SURE ALL ON BOARD ARE WEARING LIFE JACKETS.
WATERSPOUTS CAN MOVE ONSHORE AS A TORNADO! SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY
BUILDING OR MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 3044 8898 3020 8897 3017 8908 3018 8916
3017 8919 3019 8939 3037 8929 3038 8926
3035 8925 3040 8904 3044 8902
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 254DEG 5KT 3029 8922
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
CAB
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