WUUS54 KLIX 220000 SVRLIX LAC071-075-087-220045- /O.NEW.KLIX.SV.W.0145.260822T0000Z-260822T0045Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service New Orleans LA 700 PM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026 The National Weather Service in New Orleans has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... West central St. Bernard Parish in southeastern Louisiana... South central Orleans Parish in southeastern Louisiana... Northwestern Plaquemines Parish in southeastern Louisiana... * Until 745 PM CDT. * At 700 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Meraux, or over Chalmette, moving south at 40 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. * Locations impacted include... Belle Chasse, Timberlane, Myrtle Grove, Violet, Poydras, Terrytown, and Meraux. 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 2952 8997 2985 9003 2990 9001 2992 8979 2965 8966 TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 344DEG 35KT 2992 8994 THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH $$ Zeringue