Tornado Watch until 10:00PM Wednesday
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 126 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN LOUISIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 10 PARISHES IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA AVOYELLES EVANGELINE RAPIDES ST. LANDRY IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ACADIA ALLEN BEAUREGARD CALCASIEU JEFFERSON DAVIS IN WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA VERNON IN TEXAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS NEWTON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALEXANDRIA, BEAVER, BLEAKWOOD, BRANCH, BUNDICK LAKE, BUNKIE, BURKEVILLE, CALL, CHURCH POINT, COTTONPORT, CROWLEY, DE RIDDER, EFFIE, EUNICE, FARRSVILLE, FIELDS, FORT POLK, HATHAWAY, JAMESTOWN, JENNINGS, KINDER, LAKE ARTHUR, LAKE CHARLES, LAWTELL, LEESVILLE, MAMOU, MANSURA, MARKSVILLE, NEWTON, OAKDALE, OPELOUSAS, ORETTA, PICKERING, PINEVILLE, RAYNE, REDDELL, RICHARD, ROANOKE, SIMMESPORT, SLAGLE, ST. LANDRY, SULPHUR, TOPSY, VILLE PLATTE, WELSH, AND WIERGATE.
* AFFECTED AREAS: ACADIA, LA ... ALLEN, LA ... AVOYELLES, LA ... BEAUREGARD, LA ... CALCASIEU, LA ... EVANGELINE, LA ... JEFFERSON DAVIS, LA ... RAPIDES, LA ... ST. LANDRY, LA ... VERNON, LA ... NEWTON, TX
Address/Location
Vernon Parish Sheriff's Office
203 S 3rd St
Leesville, LA 71446
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 337-238-1311
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Extreme - Extraordinary threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Future - Responsive action SHOULD be taken in the near future
- Certainty:
- Possible (p <= ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Tornado Watch