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Special Weather Statement

National Weather Service New Orleans LA

244 PM CDT Tue Aug 19 2025

 

LAZ071-079>082-192015-

Central Tangipahoa LA-Lower Tangipahoa LA-Northern St. Tammany LA-

Northern Tangipahoa LA-Southwestern St. Tammany LA-

244 PM CDT Tue Aug 19 2025



...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN ST.

TAMMANY AND SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA PARISHES THROUGH 315 PM CDT

...



At 244 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong

thunderstorms along a line extending from 8 miles east of

Independence to 6 miles south of Folsom. Movement was southwest at 25

mph.



HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 to 50 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...

Hammond, Covington, Ponchatoula, Independence, Madisonville, Folsom,

Springfield, Natalbany, Robert, Tickfaw, and W Lk Pontchartrain Buoy.



This includes the following Interstates...

 Interstate 12 between mile markers 35 and 60.

 Interstate 55 in Louisiana between mile markers 19 and 40.



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.



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LAT...LON 3072 9025 3071 9026 3071 9024 3060 9009

      3035 9015 3036 9019 3030 9028 3037 9050

      3041 9052 3043 9055 3047 9055 3049 9057

      3060 9057 3076 9029

TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 045DEG 24KT 3066 9036 3054 9022 



MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN

MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH



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