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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
418 PM CDT SAT APR 4 2026
LAZ058-081>084-086-042200-
CENTRAL TANGIPAHOA LA-NORTHERN LIVINGSTON LA-LOWER TANGIPAHOA LA-
SOUTHERN LIVINGSTON LA-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST LA-EASTERN ASCENSION LA-
418 PM CDT SAT APR 4 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN ST. JOHN
THE BAPTIST, EASTERN LIVINGSTON AND SOUTHWESTERN TANGIPAHOA PARISHES
THROUGH 500 PM CDT
...
AT 418 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS NEAR WHITEHALL, OR 17 MILES NORTH OF RESERVE, MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 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, PONCHATOULA, ALBANY, SPRINGFIELD, WHITEHALL, AND KILLIAN.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
INTERSTATE 12 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 27 AND 43.
INTERSTATE 55 IN LOUISIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 24 AND 33.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
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.
LAT...LON 3047 9039 3029 9051 3028 9055 3025 9056
3023 9055 3018 9058 3028 9078 3060 9064
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 207DEG 16KT 3031 9065
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
HRL
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