NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Rain chances return Saturday; Hail possible but not a washout. Winds become more southerly now through saturday evening.. Expect temperatures and moisture to increase through the day.
An “unusually strong” storm system for March may bring a range of hazards that includes wildfires, blizzards and tornadoes.
Expect strong, gusty winds and some heavy down pours as well as a chance some storms produce hail. The Storm Prediction Center placed a level 1 out of 5 severe storm risk for all of Southeast Louisiana and the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Over much of south, central and west Texas, including Austin and San Antonio and far southeastern New Mexico, there is also an extremely critical risk of wildfires.
NEW ORLEANS ... all possible as a strong storm system moves across the nation's midsection into Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi, the federal Storm Prediction Center warns.