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WWUS84 KLIX 050401
SPSLIX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1101 PM CDT SAT APR 4 2026
LAZ076-MSZ086-050445-
SOUTHEAST ST. TAMMANY LA-SOUTHERN HANCOCK MS-
1101 PM CDT SAT APR 4 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN HANCOCK
COUNTY THROUGH 1145 PM CDT
...
AT 1101 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FUNNEL CLOUDS OVER PEARLINGTON, OR 11 MILES WEST
OF WAVELAND, MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...FUNNEL CLOUDS AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...IF A FUNNEL CLOUD BRIEFLY TOUCHES DOWN, MINOR DAMAGE TO
OUTDOOR OBJECTS IS POSSIBLE. GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN
TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WAVELAND, PEARLINGTON, AND SHORELINE PARK.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 IN MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND
13.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
IF ON OR NEAR MARINE AREAS, GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR
INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER, LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 10 MILES FROM
THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER, YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW! DO NOT BE
CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3021 8942 3023 8963 3030 8965 3033 8963
3039 8941 3031 8940
TIME...MOT...LOC 0401Z 255DEG 9KT 3027 8958
FUNNEL CLOUDS...POSSIBLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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