Special Marine Warning

SMWLIX

The National Weather Service in New Orleans has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for... Lake Maurepas... Lake Pontchartrain...

* Until 700 PM CDT.

* At 528 PM CDT, a cluster of severe thunderstorms was located along a line extending from near Madisonville to near Lake Maurepas to 16 nm west of Manchac, moving south at 15 knots.

HAZARD...Wind gusts to 40 knots and large hail.

SOURCE...Radar.

IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. Large hail could result in injury and damage to boats...vessels and oil rigs.

* Locations impacted include... Madisonville, Manchac, Lake Pontchartrain/Lake Maurepas, Orleans Marina, Lake Maurepas, Mandeville, The Mid Point Of The Causeway Bridge, and Kenner.