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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
224 AM CDT Sat May 3 2025

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 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 the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River to
  Port Fourchon Louisiana out 20 NM...
  Mississippi Sound...

* Until 430 AM CDT.

* At 224 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms capable of producing
  waterspouts were located along a line extending from 7 nm northwest
  of Pascagoula to 9 nm north of Barataria Bay, moving east at 30
  knots.

  HAZARD...Waterspouts and wind gusts 34 knots or greater.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Waterspouts can quickly form and capsize boats...damage 
           vessels and oil rigs...and create suddenly higher waves. 
           Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and 
           suddenly higher waves.

* Locations impacted include...
  Ship Island, Chandeleur Sound, Mississippi Sound, Breton Sound,
  Pascagoula, and Horn Island.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Strong winds will be dangerous for boaters or anyone near the water.
Make sure all on board are wearing life jackets. Seek shelter or move
to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.

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LAT...LON 3037 8840 2989 8832 2955 8814 2907 8877
      2937 8958 2947 8965 2952 8973 2946 8979
      2944 8971 2938 8970 2948 9001 2954 8993
      2948 8979 2953 8973 2968 8975 2978 8961
      2977 8951 2987 8940 2993 8942 3041 8877
TIME...MOT...LOC 0724Z 287DEG 30KT 3043 8866 2952 8988 

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

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