Alert Day: Rounds of heavy rain expected throughout the Thursday forecast for Southeast Louisiana
The first spherical is expected earlier than midday. A short break is feasible earlier than extra rain arrives for the afternoon.
NEW ORLEANS —
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING for St. John, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa and Washington Parishes, and Pearl River county till 6:15 a.m. Wind speeds of 60 mph are expected.
Today is a WDSU First Warning Weather Alert Day attributable to rounds of heavy rain expected throughout the day. The first spherical occurs earlier than midday. The second spherical occurs in the afternoon to night.
The morning storms may deliver rounds of heavy rain that would result in road flooding in some spots. There is a degree risk for robust to extreme storms.
There is a degree 2 risk for
Timing:
- Now-11 a.m.: heavy rain expected
- 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.: temporary break attainable
- 1 p.m. – 6 p.m.: redevelopment
Impacts:
- Frequent lightning
- Heavy rain that would result in road flooding
- Strong winds
- Small hail
A short break is expected earlier than redevelopment this afternoon. Those storms may very well be robust to extreme, relying on how a lot daytime heating we get. We may additionally see extra heavy rain that would result in flash flooding.
The rain is expected to maintain our temperatures down a bit into the mid to higher 80s.
Overnight lows are expected to fall to the mid 70s with rain ending.
More rain is feasible throughout our Friday, however the depth and protection shouldn’t be expected to be something like Thursday. Highs will attain the higher 80s.
We’ll see smaller rain probabilities for Saturday as highs method the low 90s. Greater rain probabilities attainable Sunday.