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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1235 PM CDT WED JUL 1 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON LA TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA
OUT 20 NM...
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 130 PM CDT.
* AT 1235 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED NEAR LOUISIANA OFFSHORE OIL PORT, OR 13 NM
SOUTH OF GRAND ISLE. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
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...
LOUISIANA OFFSHORE OIL PORT.
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 2911 8985 2904 8975 2888 8977 2884 9038
2899 9047 2907 9034
TIME...MOT...LOC 1735Z 077DEG 3KT 2898 9003
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
KLG
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