If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

At 1008 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Central to 6 miles south of Whitehall. Movement was northeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Baton Rouge, Hammond, Zachary, Baker, Denham Springs, Gonzales, Greensburg, Reserve, Amite, Laplace, Ponchatoula, Walker, Amite City, Gramercy, Lutcher, Livingston, Independence, Sorrento, Roseland, and French Settlement.