Special Marine Warning

SMWLIX

The National Weather Service in New Orleans has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for... Coastal waters from Port Fourchon Louisiana to Lower Atchafalaya River LA from 20 to 60 NM...

* Until noon CDT.

* At 1054 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 31 nm east of Ship Shoal 198, or 32 nm south of Isle Derniers, moving southeast 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.

* The severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly open waters.