Alert Day: Tornadoes, damaging winds, hail potential this afternoon
Storms probably midday to six p.m.
Up to date: 7:08 AM CDT Mar 15, 2025
SHUTDOWN. ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. AS YOU’RE WAKING UP ON YOUR SATURDAY, JUST KNOW TODAY IS AN ALERT DAY. LEVELS THREE AND FOUR RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER TIMING. NOON TO 6 P.M. ALL THE IMPACTS ARE ON THE TABLE FOR TODAY. SO WE’VE BEEN FOCUSED IN ON THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW. AND TODAY IS THE DAY. SO IF YOU DIDN’T SEE ANY OF THE EVENING NEWSCASTS YESTERDAY, HERE’S THE LATEST UPDATE FOR YOU AS YOU’RE WAKING UP. WE NOW HAVE A LEVEL FIVE RISK FOR SEEING SEVERE WEATHER THAT WILL BE JUST TO THE NORTH OF US. BUT FOR US THOUGH, HOWEVER, WE’RE UNDER THAT LEVEL FOUR, LEVEL THREE RISK. SO EVERYONE UNDER THAT CHANCE TO SEE SOME SEVERE STORMS FOR TODAY LIKELY TURNING. WE COULD SEE ITS ROTATION WITH ANY OF THESE HAIL POSSIBLE WITH THIS. AND THEN OUR FRIENDS UP NORTH HATTIESBURG, JACKSON, BIRMINGHAM ALL INCLUDED IN THAT LEVEL FIVE. AND OBVIOUSLY YOU DON’T USUALLY SEE THOSE THAT OFTEN, BUT TODAY IS ONE OF THOSE DAYS. SO SIGNIFICANT TORNADO RISK THAT IS PRETTY MUCH FOR ALL OF US. THAT MEANS WE COULD SEE AN EF2 OR HIGHER FOR TORNADOES. THOSE LONG LIVED TORNADOES. ALSO, WE COULD HAVE A GREATER RISK FOR SEEING SOME LARGE HAIL, TWO INCH OR LARGER HAIL FOR THAT. NOW, THIS IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT FROM YESTERDAY. SIGNIFICANT WIND RISK. WE WERE UNDER THAT YESTERDAY. NOW THAT HAS KIND OF SHIFTED UP TO THE NORTH. BUT EITHER WAY IT GOES, OUR MAIN IMPACTS ARE STILL ON THE TABLE. HERE’S WHERE THE STORMS ARE RIGHT NOW. NOTHING HAPPENING FOR US BUT LATEST UPDATE. YOU SEE THAT FLASH OF YELLOW TORNADO WATCH JUST GOT ISSUED ABOUT THE ABOUT 6:00 THIS MORNING FOR PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA NOT INCLUDING US JUST YET. THAT’S LIKELY TO COME AS WE GET CLOSER TO NOON. SO LET’S GET INTO THE MAIN EVENT. HERE’S NOON FOR US. STARTING TO SEE IT ALMOST LINE UP ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 55, SO EVERYBODY ELSE IS FINE. HERE’S 1 P.M. YOU SEE THESE KIND OF DARK COLORS RIGHT THERE HAPPENING. ALSO, SOME OF THEM KIND OF HAVING A CURVE WITH IT. YOU COULD SEE SOME STRONG WINDS. THAT’S WHERE WE COULD HAVE SOME ROTATION. THERE’S 1 P.M. DEFINITELY TANGIPAHOA INTO WASHINGTON PARISHES FOR YOU. THEN WE GET TO 2 P.M. STILL MOSTLY NORTH SHORE EVENT, BUT YOU’RE ALREADY STARTING TO SEE A RIVER. PARISHES DOWN INTO THE BAYOU AS WELL. WE’VE PROGRESSED THIS ANOTHER COUPLE OF HOURS LOOKING AT 3 P.M. DEFINITELY IN NEW ORLEANS AREA AT THIS TIME. ALSO COULD BE SEEING SOME STRONG STORMS RIGHT IN THE RIVER PARISHES TOO. THIS CONTINUES ON 4 P.M. STILL LOOKING AT SOME SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. I THINK A LOT OF THE STRONGER, EVEN STRONGER STORMS WILL BE JUST TO THE NORTH OF US. BUT EITHER WAY IT GOES. EXPECT SOME STORMS FOR THIS AFTERNOON. SO LET’S TAKE YOU THROUGH IT ONE MORE TIME. WE’LL LOOK AT THE NORTH SHORE ONE MORE TIME. AGAIN, YOU’RE LIKELY GOING TO SEE THE STRONGEST OF THE STORMS. HERE’S 2 P.M. SO BASICALLY NOON TO ABOUT FIVE. ANYTIME IN THAT WINDOW IS WHEN YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE SOME STRONG STORMS POP UP FOR YOU. AND THAT’S WHERE WE COULD HAVE MAYBE SOME ROTATION HAPPENING WITH THIS. MAYBE YOU COULD SEE SOME HAIL AS WELL. HERE’S A LITTLE TOOL THAT WE DO USE. OR WE COULD POSSIBLY USE TORNADO RISK FOR YOU JUST KIND OF HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WILL BE THE BEST CHANCE OF SEEING ANY ROTATION. IF IT DOES POP UP. IT’S NOT PERFECT, IT’S JUST AN ESTIMATE, SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK AT. ALSO STORM STRENGTH. SEE THE DARKER COLORS OR THE BRIGHTER COLORS FOR YOU. AND THAT’S WHERE YOU COULD HAVE SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ROLL IN. SO YES, WE DO HAVE ALL THE INGREDIENTS IN THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THIS. SO IT’S VERY LIKELY WE COULD SEE SOME SEVERE WEATHER POP UP. ALSO LIKELY GOING TO SEE SOME HAIL TOO. SO ALL THE IMPACTS ON THE TABLE AGAIN NOON TO ABOUT 6 P.M
Alert Day: Tornadoes, damaging winds, hail potential this afternoon
Storms probably midday to six p.m.
Up to date: 7:08 AM CDT Mar 15, 2025
At this time is a WDSU First Warning Climate Alert Day. We’re underneath a Stage 3 & 4 danger for extreme climate this afternoon to the night. Impacts embody damaging winds, tornadoes, hail, and heavy rain. All the Northshore, River Parishes, and the New Orleans metro space are underneath that Stage 4 or a Average Danger for extreme climate. Areas to the south of which might be underneath a Stage 3 or Enhanced Danger. We might see storms arrive to the west of I-55 by midday. These storms proceed to maneuver east into the remainder of the Northshore and the River Parishes and Bayou. New Orleans might presumably see storms by 2 p.m. These storms proceed all through the afternoon, shifting east of New Orleans by 6 p.m. or earlier. Any tornadoes that type, might be robust and long-lived. Hail might be two inches in diameter or bigger. Sturdy winds right this moment might trigger injury. As soon as storms transfer out this night, anticipate breezy situations to proceed all through the night. Lows tonight fall to the 50s. Sunday’s highs will likely be close to seasonal, proper close to common for this time of the yr. Extra 70s are anticipated all through subsequent week. Our subsequent finest probability for a bathe is Wednesday. Temperatures presumably cooling to the higher 60s by Thursday.
At this time is a WDSU First Warning Climate Alert Day. We’re underneath a Stage 3 & 4 danger for extreme climate this afternoon to the night. Impacts embody damaging winds, tornadoes, hail, and heavy rain.
All the Northshore, River Parishes, and the New Orleans metro space are underneath that Stage 4 or a Average Danger for extreme climate. Areas to the south of which might be underneath a Stage 3 or Enhanced Danger.
We might see storms arrive to the west of I-55 by midday. These storms proceed to maneuver east into the remainder of the Northshore and the River Parishes and Bayou. New Orleans might presumably see storms by 2 p.m. These storms proceed all through the afternoon, shifting east of New Orleans by 6 p.m. or earlier.
Any tornadoes that type, might be robust and long-lived. Hail might be two inches in diameter or bigger. Sturdy winds right this moment might trigger injury.
As soon as storms transfer out this night, anticipate breezy situations to proceed all through the night. Lows tonight fall to the 50s.
Sunday’s highs will likely be close to seasonal, proper close to common for this time of the yr. Extra 70s are anticipated all through subsequent week. Our subsequent finest probability for a bathe is Wednesday. Temperatures presumably cooling to the higher 60s by Thursday.
