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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1026 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2025
LAZ069-081600-
LOWER PLAQUEMINES LA-
1026 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
PLAQUEMINES PARISH THROUGH 1100 AM CDT
...
AT 1026 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS OVER MARINE AREAS OVER VENICE, OR 26
MILES SOUTHEAST OF PORT SULPHUR, MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS, WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH, AND PENNY SIZE
HAIL.
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. MINOR DAMAGE TO OUTDOOR
OBJECTS IS POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BOOTHVILLE ASOS, BURAS, BOOTHVILLE-VENICE, BOOTHVILLE, BURAS-TRIUMPH,
AND VENICE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 2932 8958 2941 8934 2935 8923 2937 8922
2937 8917 2924 8906 2917 8949
TIME...MOT...LOC 1526Z 249DEG 23KT 2929 8935
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
HRL
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