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Marine Thunderstorm Wind January 10, 2026 · Lake Ponchartrain and Lake Maurepas, Gulf of Mexico

44 mph

Measured gust (38 kt)

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

The KNEW ASOS at Lakefront Airport measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 44 mph or 38 knots.

The wider storm

A line of showers and thunderstorms moved across the coastal waters of southeast Louisiana ahead of a slow moving frontal boundary on January 10th. Within this moist and unstable airmass one stronger storm intensified as it moved over Lake Pontchartrain and produced a severe thunderstorm wind gust at the New Orleans Lakefront Airport ASOS.

Began near Lakefront Airport - Xlkf Weatherflow (30.0400, -90.0200).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1311146. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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