Severe thunderstorms move across the metro area Wednesday. Reports of hail in downtown New Orleans and Algiers come as the line of thunderstorms sweeped across the city.
Entergy’s power outage map shows more than 2,000 people in Bywater and Lower Ninth Ward are without power.
This is the latest from The National Weather Service:
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
The National Weather Service in New Orleans has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Orleans Parish in southeastern Louisiana...
Southeastern St. Tammany Parish in southeastern Louisiana...
Southwestern Hancock County in southern Mississippi...
* Until 215 PM CST.
* At 141 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located near East New
Orleans, moving northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Slidell, East New Orleans, Lake Catherine, Pearlington and Stennis
Space Center.