SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING NORTHEAST - TopicsExpress



          

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING NORTHEAST AFFECTING WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH...ST. HELENA PARISH...POINTE COUPEE PARISH...EAST FELICIANA PARISH...EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH...LIVINGSTON PARISH...WEST FELICIANA PARISH... AT 233 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTH OF NEW ROADS TO 10 MILES NORTH OF DENHAM SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...ZACHARY... PRIDE...SLAUGHTER...ST. FRANCISVILLE AND JACKSON THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING ROADWAYS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING.
Posted on: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 19:37:32 +0000

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