NWS New Orleans LAMA.W 0326September 4, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Mississippi Sound, Chandeleur Sound and Coastal waters from Pascagoula Mississippi to Stake Island out 20 NM
The National Weather Service office in New Orleans issued a special marine warning for Mississippi Sound, Chandeleur Sound and Coastal waters from Pascagoula Mississippi to Stake Island out 20 NM, which was in force until 10:15 a.m. local time on September 4. It was the 326th special marine warning the NWS office in New Orleans issued in 2026.
ExpiredWarning
In force for 1.6 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, New Orleans LA
- Area
- Mississippi Sound, Chandeleur Sound and Coastal waters from Pascagoula Mississippi to Stake Island out 20 NM
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 8:38 a.m. CDT, September 4, 2026
- Expires
- 10:15 a.m. CDT, September 4, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KLIX MA.W 0326
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
SMWLIX The National Weather Service in New Orleans has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Mississippi Sound... Chandeleur Sound... Coastal waters from Pascagoula Mississippi to Stake Island out 20 NM... * Until 1015 AM CDT. * At 838 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing waterspouts was located near Long Beach, moving northwest at 5 knots. HAZARD...Waterspouts and wind gusts to 34 knots. 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... Ship Island, Mississippi Sound, Ocean Springs, Horn Island, Cat Island, Biloxi, Pascagoula, Long Beach, Pass Christian, Bay St. Louis and Waveland.
What the agency told people to do
Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.
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