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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
946 AM CDT WED APR 13 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
  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 PORT FOURCHON LOUISIANA TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA
  RIVER LA FROM 20 TO 60 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...

* UNTIL 1115 AM CDT

* AT 946 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED 9 NM SOUTH OF GRAND ISLE...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 40 KNOTS.

  HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY 
           HAZARDOUS SEAS. SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY 
           HIGHER WINDS AND SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TIMBALIER BAY...GRAND ISLE...TIMBALIER ISLAND...BARATARIA BAY...
  TERREBONNE BAY AND SOUTHWEST PASS OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

LAT...LON 2924 9064 2925 9064 2921 9061 2937 9049
      2922 9029 2954 8997 2953 8995 2952 8995
      2952 8998 2935 8979 2938 8972 2925 8947
      2925 8946 2924 8948 2877 8883 2857 8919
      2863 9056
TIME...MOT...LOC 1446Z 245DEG 38KT 2907 9010 

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

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