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WWUS84 KLIX 221737
SPSLIX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1237 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2025
LAZ064-077-078-087-089-221900-
WESTERN ORLEANS LA-UPPER ST. BERNARD LA-EASTERN ORLEANS LA-
UPPER PLAQUEMINES LA-UPPER JEFFERSON LA-
1237 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2025
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL ST.
BERNARD, ORLEANS AND NORTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON PARISHES THROUGH 200 PM
CDT
...
AT 1237 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER GRETNA, OR OVER HARVEY. THESE STORMS WERE NEARLY
STATIONARY.
HAZARD...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEW ORLEANS, CHALMETTE, MARRERO, HARVEY, EAST NEW ORLEANS,
TIMBERLANE, BELLE CHASSE, METAIRIE, JEFFERSON, GRETNA, WESTWEGO,
WOODMERE, VIOLET, TERRYTOWN, MERAUX, POYDRAS, ESTELLE, ARABI, AND
LAKEFRONT AIRPORT.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
INTERSTATE 10 IN LOUISIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 231 AND 255.
INTERSTATE 510 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 3.
INTERSTATE 610 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 4.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 2987 9012 2988 9014 3004 9013 3008 9000
3017 8988 3012 8975 3001 8978 2998 8984
2993 8980 3000 8991 2991 8981 2985 8983
2985 8990 2989 8993 2990 8998 2985 9003
2983 9012
TIME...MOT...LOC 1737Z 200DEG 1KT 2992 9007
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
CAB
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