Special Marine Warning

For the following areas... Lake Maurepas... Lake Pontchartrain...

At 453 PM CDT, a cluster of severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 nm southwest of Lake Maurepas to near Manchac to near Madisonville, moving southeast at 25 knots.

HAZARD...Wind gusts in excess of 50 knots and small hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Boats could suffer significant structural damage in high winds. Small craft could capsize in suddenly higher waves.

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