Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
404 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEARLY STATIONARY AFFECTING UPPER LAFOURCHE
PARISH...UPPER PLAQUEMINES PARISH...LOWER JEFFERSON PARISH...

AT 400 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BELLE CHASSE...OR ABOUT 2
MILES SOUTH OF LAFITTE. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...LAFITTE...
JEAN LAFITTE AND BARATARIA

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SUB
SEVERE HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE...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 THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

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