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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
657 PM CST SAT FEB 23 2019
LAZ059>062-064>067-240130-
LOWER TERREBONNE-ORLEANS-UPPER ST. BERNARD-ST. CHARLES-UPPER
TERREBONNE-LOWER LAFOURCHE-UPPER LAFOURCHE-UPPER JEFFERSON-
657 PM CST SAT FEB 23 2019
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN ST.
CHARLES...SOUTHWESTERN ORLEANS...EAST CENTRAL TERREBONNE...NORTH
CENTRAL LAFOURCHE AND NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON PARISHES...
AT 656 PM CST, RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR EAST NEW ORLEANS TO 6 MILES NORTH OF
MONTEGUT. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEW ORLEANS, HOUMA, AVONDALE, METAIRIE, MARRERO, EAST NEW ORLEANS,
HARVEY, CHALMETTE, JEFFERSON, GRETNA, HARAHAN, WESTWEGO, LOCKPORT,
MATHEWS, CHAUVIN, RIVER RIDGE, MONTEGUT, ELMWOOD, BRIDGE CITY AND
BAYOU GAUCHE.
THOSE ATTENDING THE METRO AREA PARADES ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE
STORMS AND SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS, AND MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 2944 9087 3003 9019 3003 9003 3006 9003
3004 9002 3010 8992 3009 8983 2941 9062
TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 224DEG 37KT 3011 9000 2956 9060
24/RR
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