Nice weather to round out the rest of the week then tracking a very strong storm system coming through on Saturday in your New Orleans weather forecast. It's another chilly night but we could find some patchy fog in the morning. I don't see this fog being the biggest problem.
The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch that includes New Orleans and Baton Rouge metro areas until 7 p.m. Tuesday. The threat of severe weather prompted New Orleans Mardi Gras parades to roll early Fat Tuesday and attention is now turning what is in the forecast this afternoon and evening.
An “unusually strong” storm system for March may bring a range of hazards that includes wildfires, blizzards and tornadoes.
Forecasters warn of intense storms that could unleash damaging winds, large hail and tornadoes in parts of Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi on Tuesday.
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Officials rushed to reschedule Mardi Gras celebrations and warned revelers as powerful storms were expected to strike Louisiana.
Over much of south, central and west Texas, including Austin and San Antonio and far southeastern New Mexico, there is also an extremely critical risk of wildfires.
SEVERE PREDICTION. STORM PREDICTION CENTER ACTUALLY EXTENDED THAT ON DOWN. THIS ALSO INCLUDES A SIGNIFICANT RISK FOR SEEING TORNADOES AS WELL. SO KEEPING A CHECK ON THAT HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT.
New Orleans ... possible as a strong storm system was set to move across the nation's midsection into Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi, the federal Storm Prediction Center warned.
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