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WWUS84 KLIX 081318
SPSLIX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
818 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2026
LAZ034>036-MSZ068-081400-
EAST FELICIANA LA-POINTE COUPEE LA-WEST FELICIANA LA-WILKINSON MS-
818 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF WEST FELICIANA,
NORTHERN POINTE COUPEE, EAST FELICIANA PARISHES IN SOUTHEASTERN
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN WILKINSON COUNTIES THROUGH 900 AM CDT
...
AT 818 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR SIMMESPORT TO 7 MILES
NORTHEAST OF MORGANZA TO 6 MILES EAST OF NEW ROADS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST
AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR DAMAGE TO OUTDOOR OBJECTS IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ZACHARY, NEW ROADS, JACKSON, ST. FRANCISVILLE, CLINTON, CENTREVILLE,
WOODVILLE, SLAUGHTER, WILSON, NORWOOD, WAKEFIELD, SPILLMAN,
BATCHELOR, LETTSWORTH, FORT ADAMS, AND FELPS.
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.
LAT...LON 3097 9181 3104 9172 3104 9165 3097 9166
3104 9156 3107 9157 3110 9161 3121 9129
3107 9106 3100 9106 3100 9095 3093 9086
3072 9084 3070 9126 3062 9135 3079 9154
3081 9181
TIME...MOT...LOC 1318Z 253DEG 32KT 3098 9177 3083 9152 3069 9135
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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