Extreme Tornado Watch | Effective 06/17/2026 20:23

Headline: 
Tornado Watch issued June 17 at 10:23PM CDT until June 18 at 6:00AM CDT by NWS New Orleans LA
Event: 
Tornado Watch
Urgency: 
Future
Effective: 
June 17, 2026 - 8:23pm
Expires: 
June 18, 2026 - 4:00am
Description: 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 348 IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS LAKE MAUREPAS LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN MISSISSIPPI SOUND LAKE SALVADOR AND LAKE CATAOUATCHE LAKE BORGNE BRETON SOUND CHANDELEUR SOUND TERREBONNE BAY BARATARIA BAY COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON LA TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA OUT 20 NM 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 Maurepas; Lake Pontchartrain; Mississippi Sound; Lake Salvador and Lake Cataouatche; Lake Borgne; Breton Sound; Chandeleur Sound; Terrebonne Bay; Barataria Bay; Coastal Waters from Port Fourchon LA to Lower Atchafalaya River LA out 20 nm; 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
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov