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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
818 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2025
LAZ064-077-087>089-030145-
WESTERN ORLEANS LA-UPPER ST. BERNARD LA-LOWER JEFFERSON LA-
UPPER PLAQUEMINES LA-UPPER JEFFERSON LA-
818 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL ST.
BERNARD, SOUTHWESTERN ORLEANS AND NORTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON PARISHES
THROUGH 845 PM CDT
...
AT 818 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FUNNEL CLOUDS OVER MARRERO, MOVING NORTHEAST AT
15 MPH.
HAZARD...FUNNEL CLOUDS, WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH, AND PEA SIZE
HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...IF A FUNNEL CLOUD BRIEFLY TOUCHES DOWN, MINOR DAMAGE TO
OUTDOOR OBJECTS IS POSSIBLE. GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN
TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WOODMERE, TERRYTOWN, MERAUX, CHALMETTE, MARRERO, GRETNA, HARVEY,
ESTELLE, TIMBERLANE, ARABI, WESTWEGO, BELLE CHASSE, AND NEW ORLEANS.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
INTERSTATE 10 IN LOUISIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 232 AND 244.
INTERSTATE 510 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 2 AND 3.
INTERSTATE 610 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 4.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF WEAK, BRIEF FUNNEL
CLOUDS. THIS TYPE OF FUNNEL CLOUD IS HARMLESS, BUT ON RARE OCCASIONS
THEY CAN BRIEFLY TOUCH DOWN, PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. IF A
FUNNEL CLOUD IS SPOTTED MOVE INDOORS OR TO SAFE HARBOR AND REPORT
YOUR SIGHTING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 2987 9015 3003 9011 3004 8994 3000 8990
2999 8991 2995 8986 2983 9008
TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 233DEG 14KT 2987 9009
FUNNEL CLOUDS...POSSIBLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
HRL
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