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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1232 AM CDT MON MAR 16 2026
LAZ037-039-071-081-083-MSZ069-070-160615-
WASHINGTON LA-CENTRAL TANGIPAHOA LA-NORTHERN LIVINGSTON LA-
ST. HELENA LA-NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA LA-PIKE MS-AMITE MS-
1232 AM CDT MON MAR 16 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF ST. HELENA, NORTHERN
LIVINGSTON, TANGIPAHOA AND WESTERN WASHINGTON PARISHES, SOUTHWESTERN
PIKE AND SOUTHEASTERN AMITE COUNTIES THROUGH 115 AM CDT
...
AT 1231 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR OSYKA TO NEAR DARLINGTON. MOVEMENT WAS
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
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...
HAMMOND, FRANKLINTON, GREENSBURG, AMITE, AMITE CITY, KENTWOOD,
INDEPENDENCE, ROSELAND, OSYKA, MONTPELIER, DARLINGTON, MOUNT HERMAN,
WILMER, NATALBANY, GILLSBURG, EASLEYVILLE, TANGIPAHOA, AND TICKFAW.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
INTERSTATE 12 NEAR MILE MARKER 40.
INTERSTATE 55 IN LOUISIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 33 AND 66.
INTERSTATE 55 IN MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 7.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
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.
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
LOUISIANA...AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3086 9007 3071 9022 3071 9026 3068 9025
3047 9046 3086 9083 3113 9055
TIME...MOT...LOC 0531Z 311DEG 23KT 3104 9055 3087 9073
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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