WHUS54 KLIX 111248 SMWLIX GMZ552-555-572-575-577-111445- /O.NEW.KLIX.MA.W.0141.130511T1248Z-130511T1445Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 748 AM CDT SAT MAY 11 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A * SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR... COASTAL WATERS FROM STAKE ISLAND LA TO SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM OVER GULF OF MEXICO WATERS... COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI TO STAKE ISLAND LOUISIANA OUT 20 TO 60 NM OVER GULF OF MEXICO WATERS... COASTAL WATERS FROM SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON LOUISIANA FROM 20 TO 60 NM OVER GULF OF MEXICO WATERS... COASTAL WATERS FROM BOOTHVILLE LA TO SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM OVER GULF OF MEXICO WATERS... COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON LOUISIANA OUT 20 NM OVER GULF OF MEXICO WATERS... INCLUDING SOUTHWEST PASS OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER... * UNTIL 945 AM CDT * AT 747 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER 5 NM SOUTH OF SOUTHWEST PASS OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER...MOVING EAST AT 40 KNOTS. * THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR COASTAL WATERS FROM BOOTHVILLE LA TO SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM AT 800 AM CDT... COASTAL WATERS FROM STAKE ISLAND LA TO SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM AT 830 AM CDT... COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI TO STAKE ISLAND LOUISIANA OUT 20 TO 60 NM AT 910 AM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MARINERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS...HIGH WAVES...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... AND HEAVY RAINS. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY...UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES. && LAT...LON 2895 8796 2851 8813 2841 8982 2926 8952 2925 8946 2916 8942 2921 8933 2915 8926 2917 8917 2919 8926 2926 8924 2935 8929 2935 8934 2931 8934 2935 8941 2936 8940 2942 8808 2915 8794 TIME...MOT...LOC 1249Z 274DEG 41KT 2886 8934 $$