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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
623 PM CDT SAT MAY 3 2025
LAZ069-040015-
LOWER PLAQUEMINES LA-
623 PM CDT SAT MAY 3 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
PLAQUEMINES PARISH THROUGH 715 PM CDT
...
AT 623 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS OVER MARINE AREAS NEAR VENICE, OR 27
MILES SOUTHEAST OF PORT SULPHUR, MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY
HAZARDOUS WATERS. GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS
AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VENICE AND BOOTHVILLE-VENICE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
IF ON OR NEAR MARINE AREAS, GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR
INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER, LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 10 MILES FROM
THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER, YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW! DO NOT BE
CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 2916 8948 2919 8949 2924 8963 2931 8946
2928 8909 2924 8906 2924 8904 2918 8909
2906 8923
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 287DEG 17KT 2924 8939
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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