Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 05:15PM 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN ST. CHARLES PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA... NORTHEASTERN ST. JAMES PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA... ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 515 PM CDT
* AT 408 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER LAPLACE... MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RESERVE...LAPLACE...HAHNVILLE...GRAMERCY...LUTCHER...WALLACE... ST. ROSE...LULING...KILLONA...BOUTTE...NEW SARPY...GARYVILLE... TAFT...EDGARD...DESTREHAN...NORCO...AMA AND MONTZ. HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH
* AFFECTED AREAS: ST. CHARLES ... ST. JAMES ... ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST
Instructions:
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. DAMAGING WINDS AND 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. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
Address/Location
St James Parish Sheriff's Office
5800 LA-44
Convent, LA 70723
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 225-562-2200