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Vernon Parish Fire District 1
Wednesday April 26th, 2023 :: 11:40 p.m. CDT

Advisory

Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 05:00AM Thursday

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 172 UNTIL 5 AM CDT THURSDAY WHICH REPLACES A PORTION OF TORNADO WATCH 170. THE NEW WATCH IS VALID FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN LOUISIANA THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 2 PARISHES IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA RAPIDES IN WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA VERNON IN TEXAS THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS JASPER NEWTON TYLER THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALEXANDRIA, BLEAKWOOD, BUNA, BURKEVILLE, CALL, FARRSVILLE, FORT POLK, FRED, GIST, HILLISTER, HOLLY SPRINGS, IVANHOE, JAMESTOWN, JASPER, KIRBYVILLE, LEESVILLE, MAGNOLIA SPRINGS, MT. UNION, NEWTON, PICKERING, PINEVILLE, SLAGLE, SPURGER, TOWN BLUFF, WARREN, WIERGATE, AND WOODVILLE.

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

Address/Location
Vernon Parish Fire District 1
185 Louisiana 111
Leesville, LA 71446

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1

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Alert Details

Severity:
Severe - Significant 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:
Severe Thunderstorm Watch

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