Severe Thunderstorm Warning

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
602 PM CDT SUN AUG 26 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

.. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
ST. TAMMANY PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MANDEVILLE...COVINGTON...
TANGIPAHOA PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...

.. UNTIL 630 PM CDT

.. AT 600 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FOLSOM...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF
COVINGTON...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

.. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
COVINGTON BY 620 PM CDT...
MADISONVILLE AND MANDEVILLE BY 630 PM CDT...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.