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

Coastal Storm Impacting the Mid-Atlantic; Remaining Unseasonably Warm in the Central U.S.

A coastal storm will bring widespread rain, gusty winds, shallow coastal flooding, rip currents, large surf and possible areal flooding over the Mid-Atlantic region through Wednesday. Unseasonably warm to hot temperatures persist in the mid to upper Mississippi Valley, Ohio Valley, and into the Great Lakes and Northeast U.S. through Friday. 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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