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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
721 AM CDT SUN OCT 26 2025
LAZ064-070-077-078-087>090-261245-
CENTRAL PLAQUEMINES LA-WESTERN ORLEANS LA-UPPER ST. BERNARD LA-
LOWER JEFFERSON LA-EASTERN ORLEANS LA-UPPER PLAQUEMINES LA-
LOWER ST. BERNARD LA-UPPER JEFFERSON LA-
721 AM CDT SUN OCT 26 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN ST.
BERNARD, SOUTHWESTERN ORLEANS, NORTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON AND
NORTHWESTERN PLAQUEMINES PARISHES THROUGH 745 AM CDT
...
AT 721 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FUNNEL CLOUDS OVER TIMBERLANE, MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...FUNNEL CLOUDS AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH.
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...
NEW ORLEANS, CHALMETTE, MARRERO, HARVEY, TIMBERLANE, BELLE CHASSE,
GRETNA, WESTWEGO, WOODMERE, VIOLET, TERRYTOWN, MERAUX, ESTELLE,
ARABI, AND POYDRAS.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
INTERSTATE 10 IN LOUISIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 235 AND 246.
INTERSTATE 510 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 2 AND 3.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
LOUISIANA.
LAT...LON 2986 9017 3007 8999 2998 8981 2996 8980
2974 9001
TIME...MOT...LOC 1221Z 220DEG 29KT 2987 9004
FUNNEL CLOUDS...POSSIBLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
FRYE
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