Posted 6:02 PM 5/17/2024 by The Storm Station Meteorologists

A National Weather Service (NWS) Survey team determined an EF-1 tornado, estimated to have peak winds of around 105 mph caused damage across portions of St. James Parish. This tornado touched down along Highway (More)

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Posted 2:14 PM 5/14/2024 by WBRZ Staff

LAKE CHARLES - The National Weather Service (NWS) confirmed tornado damage in southwest Louisiana from Monday afternoon. The tornado, confirmed to be an EF-1, touched down in Westlake and traveled six and a half miles, crossing I-10 into downtown Lake Charles. Several homes and businesses were (More)

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Posted 6:04 PM 5/11/2024 by Chief Meteorologist Dr. Josh Eachus

UPDATE (9:18PM) -- The aurora is visible in south Louisiana. NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center has observed an extreme geomagnetic storm, the strongest to affect earth since October 2003. At this strength, faint colors of pink, purple and green may be seen in skies away from the light (More)

Posted 12:56 PM 5/1/2024 by Chief Meteorologist Dr. Josh Eachus

On Wednesday at approximately 2pm, Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport reached an air temperature of 90 degrees for the first time in 2024. This comes in the midst of a stretch of well above average temperatures for the Capital Area. Highs in the upper 80s and low 90s remain possible through (More)

Posted 10:23 AM 4/20/2024 by The Storm Station Meteorologists

Ongoing storm surveys have found that a strong, long tracking tornado tore across portions of Pointe Coupee and West Feliciana Parishes during severe weather on April 10. This single tornado was (More)