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WWUS84 KLIX 160636
SPSLIX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
136 AM CDT MON MAR 16 2026
LAZ056>060-065-066-086-087-160715-
LOWER TERREBONNE LA-ST. CHARLES LA-UPPER TERREBONNE LA-ASSUMPTION LA-
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST LA-UPPER JEFFERSON LA-ST. JAMES LA-
UPPER LAFOURCHE LA-EASTERN ASCENSION LA-
136 AM CDT MON MAR 16 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST,
EAST CENTRAL ASCENSION, ST. JAMES, ST. CHARLES, NORTHWESTERN
TERREBONNE, NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON, NORTHWESTERN LAFOURCHE AND
SOUTHEASTERN ASSUMPTION PARISHES THROUGH 215 AM CDT
...
AT 136 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF LUTCHER TO NEAR CHACKBAY TO 11
MILES SOUTH OF PATTERSON. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 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...
KENNER, HOUMA, THIBODAUX, RESERVE, HAHNVILLE, LAPLACE, GRAMERCY,
LUTCHER, MATHEWS, SCHRIEVER, MONTZ, GARYVILLE, LULING, BOUTTE,
RACELAND, CHACKBAY, AMA, DESTREHAN, BAYOU CANE, AND ST. ROSE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
INTERSTATE 10 IN LOUISIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 190 AND 223.
INTERSTATE 55 IN LOUISIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 3.
INTERSTATE 310 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 11.
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.
LAT...LON 2954 9127 2956 9123 2960 9119 2959 9116
2963 9108 2965 9111 2972 9110 2986 9091
3017 9076 3013 9038 3010 9037 3007 9024
2987 9025 2944 9083 2946 9126 2948 9128
TIME...MOT...LOC 0636Z 268DEG 30KT 3016 9072 2987 9083 2953 9129
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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