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WWUS84 KLIX 242104  
SPSLIX  
LAZ059-061-063-068-242145-  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA  
404 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013  
 
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEARLY STATIONARY AFFECTING UPPER LAFOURCHE  
PARISH...UPPER PLAQUEMINES PARISH...LOWER JEFFERSON PARISH...  
 
AT 400 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A  
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BELLE CHASSE...OR ABOUT 2  
MILES SOUTH OF LAFITTE. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.  
 
THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...LAFITTE...  
JEAN LAFITTE AND BARATARIA  
 
THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SUB  
SEVERE HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE...AND WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH...WHICH  
COULD DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK  
SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.  
 

 
 
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