Special Marine Warning

SMWLIX

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... 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 1030 PM CDT.

* At 927 PM CDT, a cluster of severe thunderstorms was located along a line extending from near Southwest Pass Of the Mississippi River to 13 nm southwest of Louisiana Offshore Oil Port to 17 nm southeast of Isle Derniers to 10 nm east of Eugene Island 120, moving south at 30 knots.

HAZARD...Wind gusts to 40 knots.

SOURCE...Radar.

IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves.

* The cluster of severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly open waters.