Extreme Tornado Watch | Effective 06/18/2026 03:41

Headline: 
Tornado Watch issued June 18 at 5:41AM CDT until June 18 at 8:00AM CDT by NWS New Orleans LA
Event: 
Tornado Watch
Urgency: 
Future
Effective: 
June 18, 2026 - 3:41am
Expires: 
June 18, 2026 - 6:00am
Description: 
TORNADO WATCH 348, PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING, IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN MISSISSIPPI SOUND LAKE SALVADOR AND LAKE CATAOUATCHE LAKE BORGNE BRETON SOUND CHANDELEUR SOUND BARATARIA BAY COASTAL WATERS FROM SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON LA OUT 20 NM COASTAL WATERS FROM BOOTHVILLE LA TO SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI TO STAKE ISLAND OUT 20 NM
Area Description: 
Lake Pontchartrain; Mississippi Sound; Lake Salvador and Lake Cataouatche; Lake Borgne; Breton Sound; Chandeleur Sound; Barataria Bay; Coastal waters from the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River to Port Fourchon Louisiana out 20 NM; Coastal Waters from Boothville LA to Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River out 20 nm; Coastal waters from Pascagoula Mississippi to Stake Island out 20 NM
Forcast Office: 
NWS New Orleans LA