Tornado Watch until 04:00AM Wednesday
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 585 UNTIL 4 AM CST WEDNESDAY WHICH REPLACES A PORTION OF TORNADO WATCH 583. THE NEW WATCH IS VALID FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN LOUISIANA THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 4 PARISHES IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA AVOYELLES RAPIDES IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA BEAUREGARD IN WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA VERNON IN TEXAS THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS JASPER NEWTON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALEXANDRIA, BLEAKWOOD, BUNA, BUNDICK LAKE, BUNKIE, BURKEVILLE, CALL, COTTONPORT, DE RIDDER, EFFIE, FARRSVILLE, FIELDS, FORT POLK, GIST, HOLLY SPRINGS, JAMESTOWN, JASPER, KIRBYVILLE, LEESVILLE, MAGNOLIA SPRINGS, MANSURA, MARKSVILLE, MT. UNION, NEWTON, ORETTA, PICKERING, PINEVILLE, SIMMESPORT, SLAGLE, AND WIERGATE.
* AFFECTED AREAS: AVOYELLES, LA ... BEAUREGARD, LA ... RAPIDES, LA ... VERNON, LA ... JASPER, TX ... 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