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St James Parish Sheriff's Office
Thursday June 6th, 2019 :: 09:44 a.m. CDT

Advisory

Tornado Watch until 05:00PM

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 335 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN LOUISIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 14 PARISHES IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA ASCENSION JEFFERSON LAFOURCHE LIVINGSTON ORLEANS PLAQUEMINES ST. BERNARD ST. CHARLES ST. JAMES ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST ST. TAMMANY TANGIPAHOA TERREBONNE WASHINGTON IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI HARRISON IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI HANCOCK JACKSON PEARL RIVER WALTHALL THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF AMITE, BAY ST. LOUIS, BAYOU CANE, BELLE CHASSE, BOGALUSA, BURAS, CHALMETTE, CONVENT, COVINGTON, CROSSROADS, CUT OFF, DENHAM SPRINGS, DESTREHAN, DEXTER, DIAMONDHEAD, DONALDSONVILLE, EAST NEW ORLEANS, ENON, FRANKLINTON, GALLIANO, GAUTIER, GONZALES, GRAMERCY, GULFPORT, HAMMOND, HOUMA, KENNER, LACOMBE, LAPLACE, LAROSE, LUTCHER, MANDEVILLE, MCNEIL, METAIRIE, MOSS POINT, NEW ORLEANS, NORCO, OCEAN SPRINGS, PASCAGOULA, PICAYUNE, POINTE A LA HACHE, PONCHATOULA, PORT SULPHUR, PRAIRIEVILLE, RACELAND, RESERVE, ROBERT, SALEM, SLIDELL, ST. MARTIN, THIBODAUX, TYLERTOWN, VIOLET, WALKER, WATSON, AND WAVELAND.

* AFFECTED AREAS: TANGIPAHOA, LA ... PLAQUEMINES, LA ... ORLEANS, LA ... HARRISON, MS ... PEARL RIVER, MS ... LIVINGSTON, LA ... WALTHALL, MS ... ST. CHARLES, LA ... LAFOURCHE, LA ... ST. JAMES, LA ... JEFFERSON, LA ... ST. TAMMANY, LA ... ASCENSION, LA ... ST. BERNARD, LA ... HANCOCK, MS ... WASHINGTON, LA ... ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, LA ... JACKSON, MS ... TERREBONNE, LA

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:
Extreme - Extraordinary threat to life or property
Urgency:
Future - Responsive action SHOULD be taken in the near future
Certainty:
Possible (p <= ~50%)
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Tornado Watch

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