Alertes en vigueurTickfaw, LA

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 609 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN LOUISIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 10 PARISHES IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA EAST BATON ROUGE EAST FELICIANA LIVINGSTON POINTE COUPEE ST. HELENA ST. TAMMANY TANGIPAHOA WASHINGTON WEST BATON ROUGE WEST FELICIANA IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AMITE HANCOCK HARRISON JACKSON PEARL RIVER PIKE WALTHALL WILKINSON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ADDIS, AMITE, BATON ROUGE, BAY ST. LOUIS, BOGALUSA, BRUSLY, CENTREVILLE, CLINTON, COVINGTON, CROSSROADS, DARLINGTON, DENHAM SPRINGS, DEXTER, DIAMONDHEAD, DOLOROSA, EASLEYVILLE, ENON, FELPS, FORT ADAMS, FRANKLINTON, GAUTIER, GILLSBURG, GLOSTER, GREENSBURG, GULFPORT, HAMMOND, JACKSON, LACOMBE, LETTSWORTH, LIBERTY, LIVONIA, MANDEVILLE, MCCOMB, MCNEIL, MONTPELIER, MOSS POINT, NEW ROADS, OCEAN SPRINGS, PASCAGOULA, PICAYUNE, PONCHATOULA, PORT ALLEN, ROBERT, SALEM, SLIDELL, SMITHDALE, SPILLMAN, ST. FRANCISVILLE, ST. MARTIN, TYLERTOWN, WAKEFIELD, WALKER, WATSON, WAVELAND, AND WOODVILLE.

What: For the Extreme Heat Warning, dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to 115 degrees expected. For the Heat Advisory, heat index values up to 112 degrees expected.
Where: Portions of southeast Louisiana and southern Mississippi.
When: For the Extreme Heat Warning, until 8 PM CDT this evening. For the Heat Advisory, from 11 AM to 8 PM CDT Saturday.
Impacts: Heat related illnesses increase significantly during extreme heat and high humidity events. Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses.

Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Take extra precautions when outside. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing. Try to limit strenuous activities to early morning or evening. Take action when you see symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location. Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.

At 320 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Kentwood, or 11 miles northeast of Greensburg, moving south at 15 mph.
Hazard: 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
Source: Radar indicated.
Impact: Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include Kentwood, Osyka, and Tangipahoa. This includes Interstate 55 in Louisiana between mile markers 53 and 66.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Continuous cloud to ground lightning is 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.