# Special Marine Warning: Breton Sound; Barataria Bay — retained record

> Retained us-gov-api record from us-gov-api:noaa-weather.

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source: [us-gov-api](https://highsignal.app/data/us-gov-api) (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)  published 2026-07-07 04:15 ingested 2026-07-07 09:48

[original source ↗](http://www.weather.gov/)

## extract

Special Marine Warning — Breton Sound; Barataria Bay
Severity: Severe. Certainty: Likely.
For the following areas...
Barataria Bay...
Breton Sound...

At 415 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing waterspouts
was located near Port Sulphur, moving west at 20 knots.

HAZARD...Waterspouts and wind gusts 34 knots or greater.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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.

Locations impacted include...
Port Sulphur and Empire.

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The historical document was shared with another weather alert and cannot be attributed to this record. The original extract is preserved above; the exact alert link was not retained.