Power outages throughout Southeast Louisiana
Updated: 3:48 pm CDT June 1, 2024
SEE YOU HERE LATER TODAY. AND NOW IT’S TIME FOR ANOTHER CHECK OF OUR FIRST WARNING WEATHER FORECAST FOR THIS IMPACT DAY WE ARE HAVING. IT IS THE FIRST START OF THE HURRICANE SEASON OR THE FIRST DAY OF THE HURRICANE SEASON, AND MOTHER NATURE ALREADY GREETS US WITH SOME RAIN AND SEVERE WEATHER. RIGHT, DEREK? YES IT’S CORRECT. WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR EYES TO THE SKY BECAUSE OF THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. BRITAIN, AS WE COME THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. And, you know, some of those storms could even become strong to severe. TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF THE ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON. SO LET’S GET DIRECTLY TO THAT HERE. TO START HERE THIS MORNING ON THE CHARTS. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS. BUT WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO DURING HURRICANE SEASON. AND UNFORTUNATELY IT IS STILL EXPECTED TO BE A VERY ACTIVE ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON. NOW, AS WE REACH JUNE THIS MONTH, GENERALLY WHERE WE LOOK FOR DEVELOPMENT IS ON THE EAST COAST AND INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. HERE IS THE LIST OF STORM NAMES FOR THIS YEAR, STARTING WITH ALBERTO AND ENDING HERE WITH WILLIAM. SO WE WILL KEEP YOU INFORMED ABOUT WDSU FOR THE LATEST DURING THIS HURRICANE SEASON IN THE TROPICS. BUT YOU CAN NOW SEE A LOT OF THE WET WEATHER IS FOCUSED TOWARD THE EAST. IF YOU COME A LITTLE CLOSER TO HOME, YOU CAN SEE A COUPLE OF LIGHT SHOWERS AND A COUPLE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER PARTS OF THE NORTH COAST, BUT THE REST OF US HERE THIS MORNING STILL LOOKS PRETTY DRY. HERE’S A LOOK AT TEMPERATURES NOW 77 IN LAKEFRONT 75. SLIDELL, 75 IN KENNER AND BELLE CHASSE. CURRENTLY IN 70 FOR GALLIANO, ONE OF THE WARMEST SPOTS IN 81 AND GRAND ISLE. CURRENTLY REPORTING 80 DEGREES. WE HAVE A MARGINAL RISK. IT IS LEVEL ONE SEVERE WEATHER THROUGHOUT SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. THAT MEANS THAT ISOLATED STORMS, STRONG TO SEVERE, ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE SOME GUSTY WINDS, BUT ALSO THE FACT THAT WE COULD SEE SOME FLOODING HERE TODAY. THAT’S WHY WE ARE UNDER A SLIGHT LEVEL TWO RISK OF FLASH FLOODING IN THE AREA. LEVEL ONE MARGINAL RISK, MAINLY TOWARD THE WEST ACROSS THE RIVER PARISHES HERE. HOWEVER. So, getting back to the big picture, we’ll look at some of those showers and storms still moving away from us throughout the morning. A COUPLE OF LIGHT, SPECKLED SHOWERS COULD DEVELOP AT 3:00 THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD IN THE FORM OF NOT JUST SHOWERS, BUT, EH, STORMS HERE AT THE SAME TIME, OF WHICH, AGAIN, SOME OF THEM COULD CHANGE HARD AS WE KeynoteUSAPROACH THIS AFTERNOON. AND THAT COULD LAST UNTIL 11:00 HERE TONIGHT. HERE TO BEFORE FINALLY STARTING TO DECLINE AS WE GO INTO THE NIGHT TOWARDS EARLY TOMORROW. So tomorrow it’s 8:00 and things should calm down throughout the area. RAIN CHANCES TOMORROW LOOK A LITTLE LOWER, BUT A STRAIGHT SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT IN PARTS OF THE AREA TOMORROW. OTHER THAN THAT, IT ONLY LOOKS PARTLY CLOUDY AS WE ARRIVE TOMORROW NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY. RAINFALL FORECASTS BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES BUT MAINLY FOCUSED ALONG THE SOUTH COAST AND NORTH COAST, LIKELY LOOKING ABOUT HALF AN INCH OR MORE INTO THE HAMMOND AREA. AND THE REST OF US HERE JUST LOOKED AT SOME LOCAL POCKETS OF HEAVY RAIN IN SOME PLACES FROM SOME OF THOSE STRONGER STORMS THAT COULD DEVELOP OVER SOME AREAS. YOUR FIRST WARNING FROM WDSU SEVEN-DAY FORECAST CALLS FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES INTO THE UPPER 80S F. WE HAVE ANOTHER WDSU FIRST ADVISORY WEATHER IMPACT DAY FOR SUNDAY, BUT AS WE GO INTO NEXT WEEK, MUCH OF MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY LOOKS PRETTY DRY. PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES COULD EVEN WAKE UP TO SOME MORNING FOG SHOOTING ON MONDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK WILL REACH THE LOW 90S F, WITH VERY LOW CHANCES OF RAIN. IN FACT, I THINK OUR NEXT BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS
Power outages throughout Southeast Louisiana
Updated: 3:48 pm CDT June 1, 2024
Power outages are reported throughout the area. Entergy reports more than 4,000 people are without power in Jefferson Parish, more than 350 in Orleans Parish and 453 in St. Bernard Parish. Entergy states the estimated restoration time is 5:30. Click here to view WDSU’s interactive radar. Click here for the latest forecast. Click here to view the Entergy power outage map. Click here to view Cleco’s power outage map. Click here to view Washington-St. Tammany Electric Power Outage Map.
Power outages are reported throughout the area.
Entergy reports more than 4,000 people are without power in Jefferson Parish, more than 350 in Orleans Parish and 453 in St. Bernard Parish.
Entergy states the estimated restoration time is 5:30.
Click here to view WDSU’s interactive radar.
Click here for the latest forecast.
Click here to view the Entergy power outage map.
Click here to view Cleco’s power outage map.
Click here to view Washington-St. Tammany Electric Power Outage Map.
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