180  
WFUS54 KLIX 181016  
TORLIX  
LAC051-181045-  
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0075.260618T1016Z-260618T1045Z/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
TORNADO WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA  
516 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 545 AM CDT.  
 
* AT 515 AM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO  
WAS LOCATED OVER RIVER RIDGE, OR OVER METAIRIE, MOVING NORTHEAST AT  
30 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 AND METAIRIE AROUND 520 AM CDT.  
 
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE NEW  
ORLEANS ARMSTRONG AIRPORT.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 IN LOUISIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 224 AND  
229.  
 
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.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 2998 9026 3007 9022 3005 9013 3004 9011  
3003 9011 3002 9012 3001 9012 2995 9021  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1015Z 220DEG 27KT 2999 9022  
 
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
 

 
 
KLG  
 
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