Tornado Watch until 08:00PM Wednesday
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 588 UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING WHICH REPLACES A PORTION OF TORNADO WATCH 587. THE NEW WATCH IS VALID FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN LOUISIANA THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 13 PARISHES IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA ASCENSION ASSUMPTION EAST BATON ROUGE EAST FELICIANA IBERVILLE LIVINGSTON ST. HELENA ST. JAMES ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST ST. TAMMANY TANGIPAHOA WASHINGTON WEST BATON ROUGE IN MISSISSIPPI THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AMITE PEARL RIVER PIKE WALTHALL THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ADDIS, AMITE, BATON ROUGE, BAYOU SORREL, BOGALUSA, BRUSLY, CLINTON, CONVENT, COVINGTON, CROSSROADS, DARLINGTON, DENHAM SPRINGS, DEXTER, DONALDSONVILLE, EASLEYVILLE, ENON, FELPS, FRANKLINTON, GILLSBURG, GLOSTER, GONZALES, GRAMERCY, GREENSBURG, HAMMOND, JACKSON, LABADIEVILLE, LACOMBE, LAPLACE, LIBERTY, LUTCHER, MANDEVILLE, MCCOMB, MCNEIL, MONTPELIER, PAINCOURTVILLE, PICAYUNE, PIERRE PART, PLAQUEMINE, PONCHATOULA, PORT ALLEN, PRAIRIEVILLE, RESERVE, ROBERT, SALEM, SLIDELL, SMITHDALE, TYLERTOWN, WALKER, WATSON, AND WHITE CASTLE.
* AFFECTED AREAS: ASCENSION, LA ... ASSUMPTION, LA ... EAST BATON ROUGE, LA ... EAST FELICIANA, LA ... IBERVILLE, LA ... LIVINGSTON, LA ... ST. HELENA, LA ... ST. JAMES, LA ... ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, LA ... ST. TAMMANY, LA ... TANGIPAHOA, LA ... WASHINGTON, LA ... WEST BATON ROUGE, LA ... AMITE, MS ... PEARL RIVER, MS ... PIKE, MS ... WALTHALL, MS
Address/Location
St James Parish Sheriff's Office
5800 LA-44
Convent, LA 70723
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 225-562-2200
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP SJPSO followed by your message, to 888777
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