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WWUS84 KLIX 160629
SPSLIX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
129 AM CDT MON MAR 16 2026
LAZ039-079>082-MSZ077-083-160715-
WASHINGTON LA-CENTRAL TANGIPAHOA LA-LOWER TANGIPAHOA LA-
NORTHERN ST. TAMMANY LA-SOUTHWESTERN ST. TAMMANY LA-
NORTHERN HANCOCK MS-PEARL RIVER MS-
129 AM CDT MON MAR 16 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF ST. TAMMANY, SOUTHERN
TANGIPAHOA AND EASTERN WASHINGTON PARISHES, NORTHWESTERN HANCOCK AND
PEARL RIVER COUNTIES THROUGH 215 AM CDT
...
AT 129 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR HATTIESBURG TO HAMMOND. MOVEMENT WAS EAST
AT 55 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, BOGALUSA, PICAYUNE, COVINGTON, POPLARVILLE, PONCHATOULA,
PEARL RIVER, ABITA SPRINGS, VARNADO, MADISONVILLE, FOLSOM, SUN, ENON,
CROSSROADS, ROBERT, BUSH, MCNEIL, AND ANGIE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
INTERSTATE 12 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 36 AND 67.
INTERSTATE 55 IN LOUISIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 26 AND 31.
INTERSTATE 59 IN LOUISIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 6 AND 11.
INTERSTATE 59 IN MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 42.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
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 3067 8934 3038 8974 3044 9055 3047 9055
3101 8979 3100 8975 3100 8955 3101 8955
3101 8951 3100 8947 3098 8947 3098 8943
3101 8942 3101 8935
TIME...MOT...LOC 0629Z 270DEG 47KT 3127 8935 3049 9045
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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