SMWLIX
The National Weather Service in New Orleans has issued a
* Special Marine Warning for…
Coastal waters from Pascagoula Mississippi to Stake Island out 20
NM…
Mississippi Sound…
* Until midnight CST.
* At 1004 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing
waterspouts was located 18 nm south of Petit Bois Pass, moving
northeast at 10 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.
* The severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly open waters.