Severe Weather And Heavy Rainfall Update – March 8, 2022 11AM CST

Click HERE for an update concerning the severe weather and heavy rainfall threat for today and tonight.

Changes from the previous update:

  • There is now a slight risk of severe weather for parts of coastal SE Louisiana and coastal Mississippi.

Overview:

WHAT: MARGINAL RISK to SLIGHT RISK of Severe Weather

MARGINAL RISK of Excessive Rainfall

WHEN: Tonight into early Wednesday morning for the risk of severe weather. Today and tonight for the threat of locally heavy rainfall.

WHERE: For the severe weather threat, mainly for coastal SE LA and southeastern/coastal MS. For the heavy rain threat, all of southeast LA and south MS.

CONFIDENCE:

Low confidence of strong to severe storms as well as the potential for flash flooding.

Impacts:

The main threats associated with any locally strong to severe severe storm will be:

  • Locally strong wind gusts 40 to 60 mph will be possible which may lead to scattered wind damage and/or local power outages.
  • A few isolated, weak tornadoes will be possible.
  • Locally intense rainfall rates in any stronger s