Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 18 at 3:04AM CDT until June 18 at 3:45AM CDT by NWS New Orleans LA
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
June 18, 2026 - 1:04am
Expires:
June 18, 2026 - 1:45am
Description:
SVRLIX
The National Weather Service in New Orleans has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Terrebonne Parish in southeastern Louisiana...
North central Lafourche Parish in southeastern Louisiana...
* Until 345 AM CDT.
* At 303 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Houma, moving
northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Houma, Lockport, Mathews, Des Allemands, Raceland, Bayou Cane,
Gray, Montegut, and Bayou Gauche.
Instruction:
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
If on or near areas of water, get away and move indoors or inside a
vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 15 miles from the
parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now! Do not be caught
on the water in a thunderstorm.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 600 AM CDT for southeastern
Louisiana.
Area Description:
Lafourche, LA; Terrebonne, LA
Forcast Office:
NWS New Orleans LA
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov