NWS LIX - April 27, 2015 Severe Weather and Tornadoes Event

Critical Fire Weather Conditions in the Plains; Heavy Snow in the Sierra and Northern Rockies

Gusty winds and warm, very dry conditions will lead to a Critical Risk of fire weather across much of the High Plains through Thursday. A Pacific storm system will bring strong winds and precipitation from the Pacific Northwest to the Northern Rockies, with heavy mountain snow in the Sierra-Nevada and northern Rockies. Heavy snow will continue in the northern Rockies on Thursday. Read More >

Several Tornadoes and Strong Straight Line Winds Impact Southeast Louisiana April 27th, 2015

A strong squall line with several embedded bow echoes and tornadoes impacted much of Southeast Louisiana on Monday April 27th, 2015.

At this time, 5 tornadoes have been confirmed from this event. Of the 5 tornadoes, 3 were rated EF1 and 2 were rated EF0. A widespread area extending across the Baton Rouge and New Orleans metro areas experienced damaging straight line winds in excess of 70-80mph.

Click on the image for a larger view of the map of storm reports from April 27th

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