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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
512 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2026
LAZ091-093-095-082315-
LOWER PLAQUEMINES LA-LOWER LAFOURCHE LA-COASTAL JEFFERSON LA-
512 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
JEFFERSON, EAST CENTRAL LAFOURCHE AND CENTRAL PLAQUEMINES PARISHES
THROUGH 615 PM CDT
...
AT 511 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS OVER MARINE AREAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF PORT SULPHUR TO 11 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF POINTE A LA HACHE. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY
HAZARDOUS WATERS. GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS
AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PORT SULPHUR, BOOTHVILLE-VENICE, BOOTHVILLE, POINTE A LA HACHE,
EMPIRE, BURAS, LEEVILLE, BURAS-TRIUMPH, VENICE, BOOTHVILLE ASOS, AND
GRAND ISLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
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 2927 9024 2945 9014 2968 8965 2964 8958
2959 8969 2947 8951 2942 8952 2937 8937
2940 8929 2936 8926 2917 8945 2926 8950
2930 8944 2944 8989 2947 9002 2932 9010
2923 9007 2929 8996 2926 8993 2913 9010
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 313DEG 19KT 2959 8967 2944 8988
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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