Severe Weather Update – February 28

Published 8:04 am Tuesday, February 28, 2023

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Overview:
WHAT: SLIGHT RISK and ENHANCED RISK of Severe Weather
WHEN: Thursday night
WHERE: All of southeast LA and southwestern and coastal MS
CONFIDENCE:

  • Confidence is high that a strong disturbance will bring severe weather to much of the Lower MS Valley Thursday night with a narrow line of storms expected to move across the area. However, there is considerable uncertainty in how far south severe storms will occur.

Impacts:

The main threats associated with any severe storms will be:

Damaging Winds:

  • Wind gusts greater than 60 mph will be possible

Tornadoes:

  • A few tornadoes will be possible

Heavy rainfall is not as much of a concern with the likelihood of the line of storms being fairly narrow, progressive, and weakening.