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St James Parish Sheriff's Office
Friday December 1st, 2023 :: 08:34 p.m. CST

Advisory

Tornado Watch until 04:00AM Saturday

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 713 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN LOUISIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 17 PARISHES IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA ASCENSION ASSUMPTION EAST BATON ROUGE IBERVILLE JEFFERSON LAFOURCHE LIVINGSTON ORLEANS PLAQUEMINES ST. BERNARD ST. CHARLES ST. JAMES ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST ST. TAMMANY TANGIPAHOA TERREBONNE WEST BATON ROUGE IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI HANCOCK HARRISON JACKSON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ADDIS, AMITE, BATON ROUGE, BAY ST. LOUIS, BAYOU CANE, BAYOU SORREL, BELLE CHASSE, BRUSLY, BURAS, CHALMETTE, CONVENT, COVINGTON, CUT OFF, DENHAM SPRINGS, DESTREHAN, DIAMONDHEAD, DONALDSONVILLE, EAST NEW ORLEANS, GALLIANO, GAUTIER, GONZALES, GRAMERCY, GULFPORT, HAMMOND, HOUMA, KENNER, LABADIEVILLE, LACOMBE, LAPLACE, LAROSE, LUTCHER, MANDEVILLE, METAIRIE, MOSS POINT, NEW ORLEANS, NORCO, OCEAN SPRINGS, PAINCOURTVILLE, PASCAGOULA, PIERRE PART, PLAQUEMINE, POINTE A LA HACHE, PONCHATOULA, PORT ALLEN, PORT SULPHUR, PRAIRIEVILLE, RACELAND, RESERVE, ROBERT, SLIDELL, ST. MARTIN, THIBODAUX, VIOLET, WALKER, WATSON, WAVELAND, AND WHITE CASTLE.

* AFFECTED AREAS: ASCENSION, LA ... ASSUMPTION, LA ... EAST BATON ROUGE, LA ... IBERVILLE, LA ... JEFFERSON, LA ... LAFOURCHE, LA ... LIVINGSTON, LA ... ORLEANS, LA ... PLAQUEMINES, LA ... ST. BERNARD, LA ... ST. CHARLES, LA ... ST. JAMES, LA ... ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, LA ... ST. TAMMANY, LA ... TANGIPAHOA, LA ... TERREBONNE, LA ... WEST BATON ROUGE, LA ... HANCOCK, MS ... HARRISON, MS ... JACKSON, 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

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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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