872  
WHUS54 KLIX 210317  
SMWLIX  
GMZ543-551-553-570-572-210515-  
/O.NEW.KLIX.MA.W.0279.260721T0317Z-260721T0515Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA  
1017 PM CDT MON JUL 20 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...  
BARATARIA BAY...  
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...  
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 1215 AM CDT.  
 
* AT 1017 PM CDT, A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG  
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR BARATARIA BAY TO 50 NM SOUTHEAST OF  
SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 25  
KNOTS.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR.  
 
IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND  
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
BARATARIA BAY, SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, GRAND ISLE,  
AND LOUISIANA OFFSHORE OIL PORT.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
STRONG WINDS WILL BE DANGEROUS FOR BOATERS OR ANYONE NEAR THE WATER.  
MAKE SURE ALL ON BOARD ARE WEARING LIFE JACKETS. SEEK SHELTER OR MOVE  
TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 2800 8986 2805 8998 2858 9073 2909 9030  
2910 9024 2915 9024 2915 9018 2918 9019  
2926 9016 2945 9000 2898 8935 2892 8942  
2864 8920 2796 8908 2792 8928 2792 8949  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0317Z 032DEG 26KT 2936 8997 2841 8866  
 
HAIL...0.00IN  
WIND...>34KTS  
 
 
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