THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

.. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
ASCENSION PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GONZALES...
LIVINGSTON PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...

.. UNTIL 230 PM CDT

.. AT 133 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF WHITEHALL TO 6 MILES
NORTHEAST OF GONZALES TO SORRENTO...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

.. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
WHITEHALL BY 220 PM CDT...
7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD BY 230 PM CDT...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.