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Vernon Parish Sheriff's Office
Thursday March 16th, 2023 :: 10:35 p.m. CDT

Advisory

Tornado Watch until 05:00AM Friday

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 70 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN LOUISIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 PARISH IN WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA VERNON IN TEXAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS JASPER NEWTON TYLER THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BLEAKWOOD, BUNA, BURKEVILLE, CALL, FARRSVILLE, FORT POLK, FRED, GIST, HILLISTER, HOLLY SPRINGS, IVANHOE, JAMESTOWN, JASPER, KIRBYVILLE, LEESVILLE, MAGNOLIA SPRINGS, MT. UNION, NEWTON, PICKERING, SLAGLE, SPURGER, TOWN BLUFF, WARREN, WIERGATE, AND WOODVILLE.

* AFFECTED AREAS: VERNON, LA ... JASPER, TX ... NEWTON, TX ... TYLER, 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

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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

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