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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1157 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2026
LAZ046>048-083>086-081745-
IBERVILLE LA-NORTHERN LIVINGSTON LA-SOUTHERN LIVINGSTON LA-
WESTERN ASCENSION LA-WEST BATON ROUGE LA-EAST BATON ROUGE LA-
EASTERN ASCENSION LA-
1157 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN
ASCENSION, SOUTHEASTERN WEST BATON ROUGE, SOUTHWESTERN LIVINGSTON,
EAST CENTRAL IBERVILLE AND SOUTH CENTRAL EAST BATON ROUGE PARISHES
THROUGH 1245 PM CDT
...
AT 1156 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
GARDERE, OR NEAR OAK HILLS PLACE, MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND HALF INCH 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...
BATON ROUGE, DENHAM SPRINGS, GONZALES, OAK HILLS PLACE, ST. GABRIEL,
BRUSLY, LIVINGSTON, SORRENTO, FRENCH SETTLEMENT, PORT VINCENT,
WESTMINSTER, OLD JEFFERSON, INNISWOLD, PRAIRIEVILLE, VILLAGE ST.
GEORGE, SHENANDOAH, GARDERE, AND CARVILLE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
INTERSTATE 10 IN LOUISIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 160 AND 178.
INTERSTATE 12 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 5, AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
18 AND 23.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
THIS STORM 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 3022 9120 3040 9123 3049 9074 3020 9075
TIME...MOT...LOC 1656Z 267DEG 27KT 3031 9113
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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