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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
210 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING NORTHWEST AFFECTING ST. CHARLES
PARISH...ORLEANS PARISH...JEFFERSON PARISH...

AT 205 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A 
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DOWNTOWN NEW ORLEANS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 
5 MPH.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...
AVONDALE...BRIDGE CITY...HARAHAN...WAGGAMAN...METAIRIE...KENNER AND 
THE NEW ORLEANS ARMSTRONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND
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 STORM HAS PASSED.

THIS STORM 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.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED
TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR
FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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