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

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LAZ067-221745-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1140 AM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING SOUTHEAST AFFECTING LOWER LAFOURCHE
PARISH...

AT 1137 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LEEVILLE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
GALLIANO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF LOWER
LAFOURCHE PARISH.

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...PEA TO
DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS 35 TO 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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