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WWUS84 KLIX 262245
SPSLIX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
545 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 2026
LAZ039-071-079>082-262315-
WASHINGTON LA-CENTRAL TANGIPAHOA LA-LOWER TANGIPAHOA LA-
NORTHERN ST. TAMMANY LA-NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA LA-
SOUTHWESTERN ST. TAMMANY LA-
545 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN ST.
TAMMANY, EASTERN TANGIPAHOA AND SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON PARISHES
THROUGH 615 PM CDT
...
AT 545 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FUNNEL CLOUDS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7
MILES SOUTHWEST OF FRANKLINTON TO NEAR PONCHATOULA. MOVEMENT WAS
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...FUNNEL CLOUDS, WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 TO 50 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, COVINGTON, FRANKLINTON, PONCHATOULA, MADISONVILLE, FOLSOM,
ROBERT, AND ENON.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
INTERSTATE 12 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 40 AND 60.
INTERSTATE 55 IN LOUISIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 22 AND 27.
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.
LAT...LON 3086 8995 3040 9015 3037 9036 3039 9050
3087 9032
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 236DEG 13KT 3078 9023 3043 9037
FUNNEL CLOUDS...POSSIBLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
KLG
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