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WWUS84 KLIX 061845
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
145 PM CDT THU AUG 6 2026
LAZ064-077-087-089-092-061915-
WESTERN ORLEANS LA-UPPER ST. BERNARD LA-CENTRAL JEFFERSON LA-
UPPER PLAQUEMINES LA-UPPER JEFFERSON LA-
145 PM CDT THU AUG 6 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL ST.
BERNARD, SOUTHWESTERN ORLEANS AND NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON PARISHES
THROUGH 215 PM CDT
...
AT 145 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
GRETNA, OR OVER HARVEY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
HAZARD...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR DAMAGE TO OUTDOOR OBJECTS IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEW ORLEANS, CHALMETTE, MARRERO, HARVEY, TIMBERLANE, METAIRIE,
AVONDALE, BELLE CHASSE, JEFFERSON, GRETNA, WESTWEGO, WOODMERE,
TERRYTOWN, BRIDGE CITY, ESTELLE, ARABI, MERAUX, AND ELMWOOD.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
INTERSTATE 10 IN LOUISIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 228 AND 244.
INTERSTATE 610 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 4.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3000 9017 3004 8997 2991 8991 2979 9018
TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 347DEG 2KT 2991 9005
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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