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Tornado Warning — Warned Area, LA — Jun 18, 2026

NWS LIX · ETN 76 · National Weather Service warning
Radar-indicated position & projected track

Event Summary

The National Weather Service office LIX issued a tornado warning at 10:32 UTC on Jun 18, 2026. The warning was in effect for 32 minutes, ending at Jun 18, 2026 11:04 UTC. At the last radar check, the storm was located near 29.92, -90.23, moving northeast at about 24 mph.

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Storm Reports

TimeLocationCounty / StateEFRemarks
2 WNW Avondale Jefferson, LA EF1° *** 2 INJ *** Corrects previous tornado report from 2 WNW Avondale. A NWS ground survey confirmed an EF-1 tornado touched down in Avondale... LA near Butler Drive and c (LIX)
2 NNE Bridge City Jefferson, LA EF1° A NWS storm survey team confirmed an EF-1 tornado touched down in Jefferson... LA and moved northeast through New Orleans to Lakeshore Drive on Lake Pontchartrain. (LIX)
Eden Isle St. Tammany, LA EF0° NWS ground survey confirmed an EF-0 touched down in Eden Isle... LA and moved east across I-10 into Lakeshore Village before lifting. (LIX)
4 SE Eden Isle St. Tammany, LA EF1° NWS ground survey confirmed an EF-1 tornado touched down in Treasure Isle and moved northeast through Avery Estates before crossing the Pearl River Basin into Hancock C (LIX)

Preliminary local storm reports (SPC) within the warned area window — subject to revision after NWS surveys. ° = rating parsed from the NWS damage-survey text quoted in the SPC report narrative (derived, not an official F-scale entry).

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