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FZUS74 KLIX 012118
MWSLIX

MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
418 PM CDT THU JUN 1 2017

GMZ538-555-557-575-577-012215-
418 PM CDT THU JUN 1 2017

A MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
  BRETON 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... 

AT 418 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG 
THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS TO AROUND 30 KNOTS. THESE 
THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 NM 
NORTHEAST OF BARATARIA BAY TO 6 NM NORTH OF PILOTTOWN TO 43 NM EAST 
OF SOUTHWEST PASS OF MISSISSIPPI...MOVING EAST AT 25 KNOTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MARINERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 30 KNOTS...LOCALLY HIGHER
WAVES...LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK
SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS.

THIS IS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WILL LIKELY PRODUCE WINDS TO
AROUND 30 KNOTS...AND COULD POSE A SERIOUS HAZARD FOR BOATERS. A
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING MAY EVENTUALLY BE REQUIRED WHEN THESE STORMS
REACH THE NEARSHORE WATERS. BOATERS SHOULD CONSIDER HEADING FOR SHORE
BEFORE THESE STORMS ARRIVE.

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LAT...LON 2909 8859 2928 8927 2929 8928 2929 8927
      2935 8927 2935 8933 2932 8936 2936 8941
      2939 8939 2940 8955 2949 8959 2948 8962
      2954 8970 2967 8919 2957 8904 2959 8902
      2940 8861 2921 8797 2916 8795

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