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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
545 PM CDT MON JUL 20 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 PORT FOURCHON LOUISIANA TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA
RIVER LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM...
TERREBONNE BAY...
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT.
* AT 545 PM CDT, A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 NM
SOUTHEAST OF DULAC TO 16 NM SOUTHWEST OF TIMBALIER ISLAND, MOVING
SOUTH AT 10 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS, WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS, AND SMALL 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.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TERREBONNE BAY, ISLE DERNIERS, AND TIMBALIER ISLAND.
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.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. IF CAUGHT ON THE
OPEN WATER STAY BELOW DECK IF POSSIBLE, KEEP AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED
METAL OBJECTS.
LAT...LON 2924 9085 2927 9080 2926 9079 2922 9079
2921 9075 2925 9068 2934 9063 2935 9056
2925 9048 2861 9024 2861 9087
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 012DEG 11KT 2931 9061 2884 9062
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...40KTS
ZERINGUE
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