Special Marine Warning

SMWLIX

The National Weather Service in New Orleans has issued a

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

* Until 830 PM CDT.

* At 726 PM CDT, a cluster of severe thunderstorms was located near Lacombe, or near Mandeville, moving southwest at 20 knots.

HAZARD...Wind gusts to 40 knots.

SOURCE...Radar.

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

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