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WFUS54 KLIX 180933
TORLIX
LAC051-181015-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0070.260618T0933Z-260618T1015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
433 AM CDT THU JUN 18 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 515 AM CDT.
* AT 433 AM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BOTH
TORNADOES AND STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE WERE LOCATED OVER KENNER,
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
KENNER, METAIRIE, HARAHAN, AND ELMWOOD AROUND 440 AM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE NEW
ORLEANS ARMSTRONG AIRPORT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 IN LOUISIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 222 AND
231.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS, IN A
MOBILE HOME, OR IN A VEHICLE, MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3005 9029 3007 9027 3004 9011 3002 9011
3002 9012 2997 9012 2994 9013 2991 9027
TIME...MOT...LOC 0933Z 222DEG 21KT 2999 9028
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
KLG
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