Special Marine Warning

SMWLIX

The National Weather Service in New Orleans has issued a

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

* Until 530 AM CDT.

* At 426 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near The Mid Point Of The Causeway Bridge, moving southwest at 15 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... Madisonville, Lake Pontchartrain/Lake Maurepas, Orleans Marina, Mandeville, The Mid Point Of The Causeway Bridge, Kenner, Eden Isle, and Lacombe.