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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 540 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN LOUISIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 16 PARISHES IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA AVOYELLES EVANGELINE RAPIDES ST. LANDRY IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA IBERIA LAFAYETTE ST. MARTIN ST. MARY IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ACADIA ALLEN BEAUREGARD CALCASIEU CAMERON JEFFERSON DAVIS VERMILION IN WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA VERNON IN TEXAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS HARDIN JASPER JEFFERSON NEWTON ORANGE TYLER THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABBEVILLE, ALEXANDRIA, BAYOU VISTA, BEAUMONT, BEAVER, BERWICK, BLEAKWOOD, BRANCH, BREAUX BRIDGE, BRIDGE CITY, BUNA, BUNDICK LAKE, BUNKIE, BURKEVILLE, BURNS POINT, CADE, CALL, CENTERVILLE, CHURCH POINT, COTTONPORT, CROWLEY, DE RIDDER, EFFIE, EUNICE, FARRSVILLE, FIELDS, FORKED ISLAND, FORT POLK, FRANKLIN, FRED, GIST, HACKBERRY, HATHAWAY, HILLISTER, HOLLY SPRINGS, INTRACOASTAL CITY, IVANHOE, JAMESTOWN, JASPER, JENNINGS, JOHNSON BAYOU, KAPLAN, KINDER, KIRBYVILLE, LAFAYETTE, LAKE ARTHUR, LAKE CHARLES, LAWTELL, LEESVILLE, LUMBERTON, MAGNOLIA SPRINGS, MAMOU, MANSURA, MARKSVILLE, MEAUX, MORGAN CITY, MT. UNION, NEW IBERIA, NEWTON, OAKDALE, OPELOUSAS, ORANGE, ORETTA, PATTERSON, PICKERING, PINEVILLE, RAYNE, REDDELL, RICHARD, ROANOKE, SABINE PASS, SEA RIM STATE PARK, SILSBEE, SIMMESPORT, SLAGLE, SPURGER, ST. LANDRY, ST. MARTINVILLE, STEPHENSVILLE, SULPHUR, TOPSY, TOWN BLUFF, VIDOR, VILLE PLATTE, WARREN, WELSH, WIERGATE, AND WOODVILLE.

* AFFECTED AREAS: ACADIA, LA ... ALLEN, LA ... AVOYELLES, LA ... BEAUREGARD, LA ... CALCASIEU, LA ... CAMERON, LA ... EVANGELINE, LA ... IBERIA, LA ... JEFFERSON DAVIS, LA ... LAFAYETTE, LA ... RAPIDES, LA ... ST. LANDRY, LA ... ST. MARTIN, LA ... ST. MARY, LA ... VERMILION, LA ... VERNON, LA ... HARDIN, TX ... JASPER, TX ... JEFFERSON, TX ... NEWTON, TX ... ORANGE, TX ... TYLER, TX