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WWUS84 KLIX 082110
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
410 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2026
LAZ064-070-077-087-089>093-082215-
CENTRAL PLAQUEMINES LA-LOWER PLAQUEMINES LA-WESTERN ORLEANS LA-
UPPER ST. BERNARD LA-CENTRAL JEFFERSON LA-COASTAL JEFFERSON LA-
UPPER PLAQUEMINES LA-LOWER ST. BERNARD LA-UPPER JEFFERSON LA-
410 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN ST.
BERNARD, SOUTHWESTERN ORLEANS, NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON AND
NORTHWESTERN PLAQUEMINES PARISHES THROUGH 515 PM CDT
...
AT 410 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR BELLE CHASSE TO NEAR LAFITTE. MOVEMENT WAS
EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 TO 50 MPH AND NICKEL 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...
NEW ORLEANS, TIMBERLANE, BELLE CHASSE, CHALMETTE, HARVEY, PORT
SULPHUR, GRETNA, JEAN LAFITTE, VIOLET, TERRYTOWN, MERAUX, LAFITTE,
POYDRAS, MYRTLE GROVE, POINTE A LA HACHE, SHELL BEACH, BARATARIA,
WOODMERE, AND ARABI.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS 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 2958 9017 2963 9014 2994 9003 2996 8970
2994 8969 2992 8971 2989 8964 2990 8962
2997 8961 2997 8954 2963 8958 2963 8961
2959 8962 2959 8969 2952 8963
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 276DEG 16KT 2987 8998 2965 9007
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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