Southeast Louisiana tracking severe storms capable of spin up tornadoes
ALL RIGHT, LET’S SHOW YOU WHAT’S GOING ON LOCALLY. NOTHING RIGHT NOW. NO RAINFALL RIGHT NOW. WE DO HAVE IT DOWN OVER THE EXTREME GULF COAST. SO JUST SOUTH OF HOUMA, DOWN TOWARD FRANKLIN. YOU’RE GETTING SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DOWN THERE. BUT IT’S THIS AREA RIGHT IN HERE. YOU CAN SEE A COUPLE OF BOXES IN HERE, AND THESE TWO, THESE TWO RED BOXES ARE GOING TO BE TORNADO WARNINGS HEADING ACROSS INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA RIGHT NOW. SO SOMETHING VERY, VERY INTERESTING TO KEEP AN EYE ON FOR SURE. LET ME GET YOU BACK OVER TO THE OTHER COMPUTER HERE. ALL RIGHT. AND HERE IS WHAT WE’RE EXPECTING. THERE’S THAT LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS AS IT CONTINUES WORKING TOWARD THE AREA. I’VE GOT IMPACT WEATHER FOR YOU OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. AND HERE’S THE REASON THAT LINE HEADING TOWARD BATON ROUGE BY ABOUT 3:00 IN THE MORNING, FOLKS, THIS AREA OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS GOING TO HAVE SOME VERY STRONG WINDS WITH IT. A LOT OF LIGHTNING AS WELL, AND SOME FLOODING DOWNPOURS. WATCH AS IT WORKS TOWARD THE NEW ORLEANS AREA. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? THIS WILL BE IN ITS BEGINNING STAGES OF WEAKENING. BUT I DON’T KNOW HOW MUCH WEAKENING IT DOES BEFORE IT GETS HERE. WHAT TIME IS THAT GOING TO HAPPEN? I’D SAY BETWEEN ABOUT FOUR AND 8:00 IN THE MORNING IS WHEN YOU’LL START TO SEE THIS WORKING INTO THE METRO AREA. SO YOU WANT TO HAVE A WAY OF GETTING YOUR WARNINGS. YOU CAN DOWNLOAD OUR WDSU APP. IT IS FREE. YOU CAN TURN ON THE MOBILE ALERTS AND GET ALERTED IF THERE ARE ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS. TORNADO WARNINGS. YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO BE WOKEN UP FOR THAT. ALL RIGHT. THESE STORMS WILL BE COMING ON THROUGH BY ABOUT 8:00. THEY SHOULD BE MOSTLY DONE. AND THEN SKIES MAY ACTUALLY BRIGHTEN UP FOR A TIME. TOMORROW THERE WILL BE SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS TRYING TO DEVELOP TOMORROW AFTERNOON, SO A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR DAMAGING WINDS. I THINK THE BIGGEST THREAT IS GOING TO BE THE HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLATED FLOODING. BUT AGAIN, THAT SLIGHT CHANCE FOR A TORNADO. A QUICK SPIN UP IN SOME COMMUNITIES AS WELL. AN INCH TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN COMING DOWN IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. BUT LUCKILY WE HAVEN’T HAD A WHOLE LOT OF RAIN OF RECENT, SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HANDLE IT. BEHIND THIS ALL, IT TURNS A LITTLE BIT LESS HUMID. THERE’S ANOTHER SYSTEM THAT WILL BE COMING OUR WAY BY MIDWEEK, AND THAT WILL REALLY COOL US OFF. AS YOU SEE HERE IN THE SEVEN DAY FORECAST IMPACT WEATHER FOR THE FIRST FEW HOURS OF TOMORROW. THEN WE’LL START TO CLEAR OUT SOME SUNSHINE RETURNING MONDAY AND TUESDAY, SLIGHTLY LESS HUMIDITY. AND THEN WE’RE ONLY IN THE LOWER 70S WEDNESDAY AND FALLING IN THE AFTERNOON, STRUGGLING TO NEAR 70 BY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. YOU M
Southeast Louisiana tracking severe storms capable of spin up tornadoes
Updated: 5:47 AM CDT Oct 26, 2025
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A line of thunderstorms will move through southeastern Louisiana very early Sunday morning, bringing the threat for locally damaging winds, street flooding from downpours, and a couple of isolated quick “spin-up” tornadoes.The storms will likely come through between 4-8 a.m.After the storms, the humidity will break somewhat and skies will brighten for the mid to late morning. During the afternoon, a few isolated thundershowers may pop up, but those should be hit-or-miss.Looking further into the upcoming workweek, a cold front will slide through Tuesday night, bringing much cooler air into the area. High temperatures will be in the lower 80s on Monday and Tuesday, but only in the low to mid 70s on Wednesday. Temperatures may struggle to get out of the 60s by Thursday.
The storms will likely come through between 4-8 a.m.
After the storms, the humidity will break somewhat and skies will brighten for the mid to late morning. During the afternoon, a few isolated thundershowers may pop up, but those should be hit-or-miss.
Looking further into the upcoming workweek, a cold front will slide through Tuesday night, bringing much cooler air into the area. High temperatures will be in the lower 80s on Monday and Tuesday, but only in the low to mid 70s on Wednesday. Temperatures may struggle to get out of the 60s by Thursday.

