National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

Southeast Louisiana and Southern Mississippi Hurricane Threat and Potential Impacts

Hurricane Local Statement - If a tropical storm/hurricane watch/warning is effect for any portion of Southeast Louisiana and Southern Mississippi, this product will contain a summary of latest watch/warnings in effect, storm information, a situation overview highlighting the main concerns, potential impact information, and preparedness information.

 

If a Tropical Storm Watch/Warning or Hurricane Watch/Warning is in effect for your county zone, the detailed meteorological information will be found in the proper link below. Simply click on your county zone and look for the watch/warning headline in the page the link will take you too. In that section, you will find the latest information for your area relative to the four main tropical cyclone hazards: Wind, Storm Surge, Flooding Rains, and Tornadoes. You will be able to find information on the meteorological forecast parameters including what and when type information, threat level (factoring safety margin and therefore what you should plan for), and corresponding potential impact information (what you should be preparing for) relative to each of those hazards.
 
Amite Ascension Assumption East Baton Rouge East Feliciana Hancock Harrison
Amite County Ascension Parish Assumption Parish East Baton Rouge Parish East Feliciana Parish Hancock County Harrison County
Iberville Jackson Jefferson Lafourche Livingston Orleans Pearl River
Iberville Parish Jackson County Lower Jefferson Parish Lower Lafourche Parish Livingston Parish Orleans Parish Pearl River County
    Upper Jefferson Parish Upper Lafourche Parish      
Pike Plaquemines Pointe Coupee St. Bernard St. Charles St. Helena St. James
Pike County Lower Plaquemines Parish Pointe Coupee Parish Lower St. Bernard Parish St. Charles Parish St. Helena Parish St. James Parish
  Upper Plaquemines Parish   Upper St. Bernard Parish      
St. John the Baptist St. Tammany Tangipahoa Terrebonne Walthall Washington West Baton Rouge
St. John the Baptist Parish St. Tammany Parish Northern Tangipahoa Parish Lower Terrebonne Parish Walthall County Washington Parish West Baton Rouge Parish
    Southern Tangipahoa Parish Upper Terrebonne Parish      
West Feliciana Wilkinson          
West Feliciana Parish Wilkinson County          

 

For a graphical depiction of the tropical storm/hurricane threats and potential impacts information found in the links above, see the graphics below. The threat levels depicted account for forecast error and consider a safety margin or what you should consider to plan for. The accompanying potential impact information describes the potential effects and therefore what you should consider to be preparing for. The View kml links take you to a page where you can interact with the graphic for each of the hazards.

View KML

Download KML

Wind

View KML

Download KML

Storm Surge

View KML

Download KML

Flooding Rain

View KML

Download KML

Tornado

 

NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge Tropical Page

National Hurricane Center

Awareness Information

Hurricane Preparedness Information