Special Marine Warning
NWS New Orleans LA ยท US
Updated
Details
Special Marine Warning Remains In Effect Until 730 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Marine Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
For the following areas... Lake Pontchartrain... At 703 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing waterspouts was located 8 NM north of Kenner, moving south at 20 knots.
Hazard
Waterspouts and wind gusts in excess of 50 knots.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Waterspouts can easily overturn boats and create locally hazardous seas. Boats could suffer significant structural damage in high winds. Small craft could capsize in suddenly higher waves. Locations impacted include... Kenner, The Mid Point Of The Causeway Bridge, Orleans Marina and Lake Pontchartrain/Lake Maurepas.
Instructions
Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes. Seek safe shelter, mariners can expect gusty winds and increasing waves.
Affected areas
- Lake Pontchartrain
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS New Orleans LA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m0s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M336TBZX4V0Z4YDAZ9QETCNH
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.bc878ea03587de4ee1eb5c0ecc63cf1b40ce74ab.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS New Orleans LA
- AWIPS ID
- CAPLIX
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.62
- WMO heading
- XOUS54
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 54
References
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | MAW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | MWSLIX |
| WMOidentifier | FZUS74 KLIX 220003 RRA |
| NWSheadline | SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| waterspoutDetection | POSSIBLE |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KLIX.MA.W.0339.000000T0000Z-260922T0030Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-21T19:30:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Lake Pontchartrain
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 077531 |
| UGC | GMZ531 |
- Polygons
- 30.28,-90.32 30.23,-90.04 30.05,-89.98 30.03,-89.98 30.01,-90.01 30.01,-90.02 30.0,-90.03 30.0,-90.07 30.03,-90.38 30.04,-90.39 30.1,-90.44 30.1,-90.45 30.18,-90.45 30.28,-90.33 30.28,-90.32