Please see the below weather update and attached slides from the National Weather Service (NWS) New Orleans / Baton Rouge. There are no significant changes from yesterday’s update expect timing for Saturday.
- Today
- A few storms this evening into the overnight hours.
- Threat level – 1 out of 5.
- Saturday
- The NWS is forecasting a severe weather event for Saturday with a threat level of 4 out of 5.
- Current timing for EBR is from 7:00 AM – 2:00 PM.
- Main threats are damaging winds, tornadoes, and hail. Wind gusts of 60-80 mph and 2” of hail are possible.
- 1” of rainfall with locally higher amounts are possible.
- This is still an evolving situation, and timing could change by 1-3 hours in some places.
