Expires:202507091945;Remove:202507091945;157424 WWUS84 KLIX 091900 SPSLIX Special Weather Statement National Weather Service New Orleans LA 200 PM CDT Wed Jul 9 2025 LAZ037-057-058-071-081>084-086-091945- Central Tangipahoa LA-Northern Livingston LA-Lower Tangipahoa LA- St. Helena LA-Southern Livingston LA-Northern Tangipahoa LA- St. John The Baptist LA-St. James LA-Eastern Ascension LA- 200 PM CDT Wed Jul 9 2025 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, EAST CENTRAL ASCENSION, NORTHEASTERN ST. JAMES, SOUTHEASTERN ST. HELENA, LIVINGSTON AND TANGIPAHOA PARISHES THROUGH 245 PM CDT ... At 200 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Livingston to near Whitehall to Gramercy. Movement was east at 25 mph. HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 tp 45 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Hammond, Reserve, Laplace, Ponchatoula, Gramercy, Lutcher, Livingston, Independence, Albany, Springfield, Montpelier, Garyville, Natalbany, Robert, Whitehall, Wallace, Edgard, Killian, Tickfaw, and W Lk Pontchartrain Buoy. This includes the following Interstates... Interstate 10 in Louisiana between mile markers 190 and 213. Interstate 12 between mile markers 21 and 52. Interstate 55 in Louisiana between mile markers 1 and 46. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service office in New Orleans. 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 3037 9024 3031 9026 3019 9039 3006 9038 3008 9041 3005 9043 3004 9070 3010 9078 3027 9072 3060 9084 3071 9059 3071 9026 TIME...MOT...LOC 1900Z 249DEG 22KT 3056 9074 3030 9062 3008 9068 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH $$ KLG