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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
531 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 2026
LAZ079>082-084-262245-
CENTRAL TANGIPAHOA LA-LOWER TANGIPAHOA LA-NORTHERN ST. TAMMANY LA-
SOUTHERN LIVINGSTON LA-SOUTHWESTERN ST. TAMMANY LA-
531 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL ST.
TAMMANY, EAST CENTRAL LIVINGSTON AND SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA PARISHES
THROUGH 545 PM CDT
...
AT 531 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FUNNEL CLOUDS OVER PONCHATOULA, OR NEAR HAMMOND,
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...FUNNEL CLOUDS, WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH, AND PEA SIZE
HAIL.
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...
HAMMOND, PONCHATOULA, SPRINGFIELD, NATALBANY, ROBERT, AND TICKFAW.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
INTERSTATE 12 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 36 AND 54.
INTERSTATE 55 IN LOUISIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 20 AND 36.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF WEAK, BRIEF FUNNEL
CLOUDS. THIS TYPE OF FUNNEL CLOUD IS HARMLESS, BUT ON RARE OCCASIONS
THEY CAN BRIEFLY TOUCH DOWN, PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. IF A
FUNNEL CLOUD IS SPOTTED MOVE INDOORS OR TO SAFE HARBOR AND REPORT
YOUR SIGHTING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3058 9014 3037 9029 3034 9047 3039 9057
3059 9050
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 203DEG 21KT 3046 9040
FUNNEL CLOUDS...POSSIBLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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