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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
929 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2011

...SQUALL GUSTS FROM THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTH AFFECTING ORLEANS 
PARISH...JEFFERSON PARISH...PLAQUEMINES PARISH...ST. BERNARD 
PARISH...

AT 922 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
GUST FRONT FROM EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE NEW ORLEANS 
METROPOLITAN AREA FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHALMETTE TO 21 MILES 
SOUTHWEST OF TIMBERLANE...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. GUSTS OF 38 MPH 
WERE MEASURED AT LAKEFRONT AIRPORT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY 
DEVELOP OVER LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND MOVE INTO THE CITY OF NEW 
ORLEANS...METAIRIE AND CHALMETTE BEFORE 1030 PM. 

THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THIS SQUALL LINE WILL BE GUSTS 35 TO 45 
MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL 
OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THIS SQUALL 
PASSES.

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