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Special Marine Warning
ActiveBreton Sound; Chandeleur Sound; Coastal Waters from Boothville LA to Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River out 20 nm; Coastal waters from Pascagoula Mississippi to Stake Island out 20 NM; Coastal Waters from Stake Island LA to Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River from 20 to 60 nm
Status
In Progress
Started 32 minutes ago
Ends
Issued
Severity
Severe
Urgency
Immediate
Certainty
Likely
Details
SMWLIX
The National Weather Service in New Orleans has issued a
* Special Marine Warning for... Breton Sound... Chandeleur Sound... Coastal Waters from Boothville LA to Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River out 20 nm... Coastal Waters from Stake Island LA to Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River from 20 to 60 nm... Coastal waters from Pascagoula Mississippi to Stake Island Louisiana out 20 to 60 NM... Coastal waters from Pascagoula Mississippi to Stake Island out 20 NM...
* Until 945 PM CDT.
* At 845 PM CDT, a cluster of severe thunderstorms capable of producing waterspouts was located along a line extending from 23 nm southwest of Farewell Buoy to 27 nm southeast of Chandeleur Sound to 10 nm southeast of Breton Sound, moving southeast at 20 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.
* The cluster of severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly open waters.
Data from the National Weather Service
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