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WWUS84 KLIX 121939
SPSLIX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
239 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 2026
LAZ076-078-122015-
SOUTHEAST ST. TAMMANY LA-EASTERN ORLEANS LA-
239 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN ORLEANS
AND SOUTH CENTRAL ST. TAMMANY PARISHES THROUGH 315 PM CDT
...
AT 239 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS OVER MARINE AREAS NEAR LAKE
CATHERINE, OR 7 MILES EAST OF NEW ORLEANS, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10
MPH.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY
HAZARDOUS WATERS. GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS
AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEW ORLEANS, SLIDELL, EDEN ISLE, AND LAKE CATHERINE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 IN LOUISIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 252 AND
256, AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 259 AND 265.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
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 3013 8961 3007 8966 3001 8978 3012 8992
3017 8987 3014 8981 3017 8977 3020 8983
3029 8974 3014 8956
TIME...MOT...LOC 1939Z 228DEG 11KT 3009 8981
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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