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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
111 PM CDT WED JUN 24 2026
LAZ064-070-077-087-089>091-241845-
CENTRAL PLAQUEMINES LA-LOWER PLAQUEMINES LA-WESTERN ORLEANS LA-
UPPER ST. BERNARD LA-UPPER PLAQUEMINES LA-LOWER ST. BERNARD LA-
UPPER JEFFERSON LA-
111 PM CDT WED JUN 24 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ST. BERNARD,
SOUTHWESTERN ORLEANS, NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON AND NORTHWESTERN
PLAQUEMINES PARISHES THROUGH 145 PM CDT
...
AT 111 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FUNNEL CLOUDS AND WATERSPOUTS NEAR
SHELL BEACH, OR 19 MILES NORTH OF PORT SULPHUR, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
15 MPH.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND FUNNEL CLOUDS AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40
MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY
HAZARDOUS WATERS. 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...
NEW ORLEANS, CHALMETTE, HARVEY, TIMBERLANE, BELLE CHASSE, GRETNA,
VIOLET, TERRYTOWN, MERAUX, POYDRAS, SHELL BEACH, ARABI, AND WOODMERE.
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.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
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 2963 8954 2963 8961 2961 8961 2976 9001
2987 9008 2995 9002 2995 8992 2976 8931
2975 8932 2976 8938 2965 8940 2960 8948
TIME...MOT...LOC 1811Z 293DEG 14KT 2978 8964
WATERSPOUT AND FUNNEL CLOUDS...POSSIBLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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