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St James Parish Sheriff's Office
Monday April 27th, 2015 :: 08:33 a.m. CDT

Advisory

Tornado Watch until 01:00PM

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED TORNADO WATCH 126 TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AREAS UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON IN LOUISIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 14 PARISHES IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA JEFFERSON LAFOURCHE LIVINGSTON ORLEANS PLAQUEMINES ST. BERNARD ST. CHARLES ST. HELENA ST. JAMES ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST ST. TAMMANY TANGIPAHOA TERREBONNE WASHINGTON IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AMITE PIKE WALTHALL THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...BAYOU CANE...BELLE CHASSE... BOGALUSA...CHALMETTE...COVINGTON...CROSBY...CUT OFF... DENHAM SPRINGS...DESTREHAN...FRANKLINTON...GALLIANO...GLOSTER... GRAMERCY...GREENSBURG...HAMMOND...HOUMA...KENNER...LACOMBE... LAPLACE...LAROSE...LIBERTY...LUTCHER...MANDEVILLE...MCCOMB... METAIRIE...MONTPELIER...NEW ORLEANS...NORCO...PONCHATOULA... PORT SULPHUR...RACELAND...RESERVE...SLIDELL...THIBODAUX... TYLERTOWN...VIOLET AND WALKER.

* AFFECTED AREAS: JEFFERSON ... LAFOURCHE ... LIVINGSTON ... ORLEANS ... PLAQUEMINES ... ST. BERNARD ... ST. CHARLES ... ST. HELENA ... ST. JAMES ... ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST ... ST. TAMMANY ... TANGIPAHOA ... TERREBONNE ... WASHINGTON

Address/Location
St James Parish Sheriff's Office
5800 LA-44
Convent, LA 70723

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 225-562-2200

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Alert Details

Severity:
Severe - Significant threat to life or property
Urgency:
Expected - Responsive action SHOULD be taken soon (within next hour)
Certainty:
Likely (p > ~50%)
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Tornado Watch

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