000 WWUS84 KLIX 032316 SPSLIX LAZ050-040015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 616 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2012 ...CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEARLY STATIONARY AFFECTING LIVINGSTON PARISH... AT 612 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF DENHAM SPRINGS...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF LIVINGSTON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. THE CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...WALKER...LIVINGSTON AND DENHAM SPRINGS THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL 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. $$