Special Marine Warning
Issued by NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
356 AM CDT Sun Apr 21 2024

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 Port Fourchon LA to Lower Atchafalaya River LA
  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...
  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...
  Mississippi Sound...

* Until 500 AM CDT.

* At 356 AM CDT, a front was located along a line extending from near
  Mississippi Sound to near Breton Sound to 6 nm west of Louisiana
  Offshore Oil Port, moving east at 30 knots.

  HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Expect wind gusts in excess of 34 knots and suddenly
           higher waves. Boats could sustain damage or capsize. Make
           sure all on board are wearing life jackets. Return to
           safe harbor if possible.

* Locations impacted include...
  Mississippi Sound, Pascagoula, Horn Island, Ship Island, Pilottown,
  Chandeleur Sound, Southwest Pass Of the Mississippi River, Breton
  Sound, and Louisiana Offshore Oil Port.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.

&&

LAT...LON 3044 8896 3038 8873 3039 8863 3035 8839
      2989 8832 2934 8804 2928 8806 2841 8908
      2887 9026 2935 8960 2927 8957 2927 8944
      2921 8943 2923 8935 2921 8929 2930 8931
      2929 8936 2936 8945 2937 8957 2956 8931
TIME...MOT...LOC 0856Z 283DEG 28KT 3037 8893 2955 8926 2891 9015

HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS

$$
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