Awesome Maps from Louisiana, MS Thunderstorms

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Having lived in North Carolina, there's nothing like waking up to a thunderstorm in the South. The severe thunderstorms over southern Louisiana and Mississippi this morning (read our news story) are illustrated well by AccuWeather.com MapSpace and other radar and satellite images. In addition to wind and flooding, many reports of tornadoes have been filed by storm spotters:

Winds were clocked to 77 mph at New Orleans as the line of storms passed this morning:

Following are radar, satellite and lightning shots from the storms:

Here's some 3-D goodness:

Here's a radar velocity image showing the winds near New Orleans from AccuWeather.com RadarPlus HD:

Click below to see a visible satellite and local radar animation from AccuWeather.com: