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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
213 AM CDT MON MAR 16 2026
LAZ058>060-064>070-077-078-087>090-160815-
CENTRAL PLAQUEMINES LA-LOWER TERREBONNE LA-ST. CHARLES LA-
LOWER JEFFERSON LA-EASTERN ORLEANS LA-UPPER TERREBONNE LA-
UPPER PLAQUEMINES LA-LOWER ST. BERNARD LA-COASTAL JEFFERSON LA-
LOWER PLAQUEMINES LA-WESTERN ORLEANS LA-UPPER ST. BERNARD LA-
LOWER LAFOURCHE LA-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST LA-UPPER JEFFERSON LA-
UPPER LAFOURCHE LA-
213 AM CDT MON MAR 16 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN ST. JOHN
THE BAPTIST, NORTHWESTERN ST. BERNARD, ST. CHARLES, ORLEANS,
TERREBONNE, JEFFERSON, LAFOURCHE AND NORTHWESTERN PLAQUEMINES
PARISHES THROUGH 315 AM CDT
...
AT 213 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES SOUTH OF MADISONVILLE TO 20 MILES
SOUTH OF AMELIA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 45 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...
NEW ORLEANS, KENNER, HOUMA, THIBODAUX, CUT OFF, METAIRIE, HAHNVILLE,
MARRERO, CHALMETTE, GALLIANO, AVONDALE, LAROSE, HARVEY, EAST NEW
ORLEANS, TIMBERLANE, BELLE CHASSE, LAPLACE, JEFFERSON, GRETNA, AND
HARAHAN.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
INTERSTATE 10 IN LOUISIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 210 AND 255.
INTERSTATE 310 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 11.
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.
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.
LAT...LON 2931 9115 2937 9120 2932 9121 2932 9128
2938 9120 2944 9123 3014 9039 3009 9035
3006 9006 3017 8988 3013 8982 3017 8961
3000 8970 3000 8982 2997 8970 2989 8966
3010 8950 3007 8940 2925 9039
TIME...MOT...LOC 0713Z 271DEG 42KT 3023 9020 2938 9122
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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