WHUS74 KLIX 140850
MWWLIX
URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
350 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE OUTER GULF
COASTAL WATERS THROUGH NOON...
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COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
350 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY...
SEAS CONTINUE TO RUN BETWEEN 6 AND 8 FEET OVER THE COASTAL WATERS
BETWEEN 20 AND 60 NAUTICAL MILES EARLY THIS MORNING. THE SEAS ARE
EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE TO 4 TO 6 FEET BY THIS AFTERNOON.
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE
EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID
SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING
WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH
FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED.
REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS.
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