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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
116 AM CDT SAT MAY 3 2025
LAZ059-088>090-030700-
CENTRAL PLAQUEMINES LA-LOWER JEFFERSON LA-UPPER PLAQUEMINES LA-
UPPER LAFOURCHE LA-
116 AM CDT SAT MAY 3 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL JEFFERSON,
EAST CENTRAL LAFOURCHE AND WESTERN PLAQUEMINES PARISHES THROUGH 200
AM CDT
...
AT 116 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS OVER MARINE AREAS NEAR LAFITTE, OR
13 MILES NORTHEAST OF CUT OFF, MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS, WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH, AND PEA 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...
JEAN LAFITTE, LAFITTE, BARATARIA, AND BELLE CHASSE.
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 2968 9026 2969 9024 2969 9023 2970 9023
2983 9004 2966 8997 2964 8998 2963 9000
2961 9005 2960 9022
TIME...MOT...LOC 0616Z 249DEG 6KT 2965 9017
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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