Severe Thunderstorm Warning

Locations Affected

Natalbany, LA ∙ Loranger, LA ∙ Independence, LA ∙ Ponchatoula, LA ∙ Hammond, LA ∙ Tickfaw, LA

Full Alert Message

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service New Orleans LA 311 PM CDT Wed Jul 30 2025 The National Weather Service in New Orleans has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southwestern Tangipahoa Parish in southeastern Louisiana... * Until 400 PM CDT. * At 311 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Independence, or 8 miles southeast of Amite, moving south at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Hammond, Ponchatoula, Independence, Natalbany, and Tickfaw. This includes the following Interstates... Interstate 12 between mile markers 35 and 41. Interstate 55 in Louisiana between mile markers 27 and 40. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. && LAT...LON 3066 9039 3043 9044 3046 9055 3047 9055 3049 9057 3052 9057 3069 9050 TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 012DEG 21KT 3063 9046 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

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