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

Heat Wave Expands to the East Coast; Flash Flooding Likely in the Central Plains into the Midwest; Severe Thunderstorms in the Northeast

Dangerous, prolonged heat is ongoing in the Mid-South to Mid-Mississippi Valley and heat expands into the Northeast for a brief period today. Widely scattered instances of flash flooding due to heavy rains are forecast from northeast Kansas to much of Indiana. Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across parts of New England, northern Mid-Atlantic, and North Dakota. 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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