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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 540 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN LOUISIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 13 PARISHES IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA AVOYELLES EVANGELINE RAPIDES ST. LANDRY IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA IBERIA LAFAYETTE ST. MARTIN 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, BREAUX BRIDGE, BUNDICK LAKE, BUNKIE, BURKEVILLE, CADE, CALL, CHURCH POINT, COTTONPORT, CROWLEY, DE RIDDER, EFFIE, EUNICE, FARRSVILLE, FIELDS, FORT JOHNSON, HATHAWAY, JAMESTOWN, JENNINGS, KINDER, LAFAYETTE, LAKE ARTHUR, LAKE CHARLES, LAWTELL, LEESVILLE, MAMOU, MANSURA, MARKSVILLE, NEW IBERIA, NEWTON, OAKDALE, OPELOUSAS, ORETTA, PICKERING, PINEVILLE, RAYNE, REDDELL, RICHARD, ROANOKE, SIMMESPORT, SLAGLE, ST. LANDRY, ST. MARTINVILLE, STEPHENSVILLE, SULPHUR, TOPSY, VILLE PLATTE, WELSH, AND WIERGATE.

* AFFECTED AREAS: ACADIA, LA ... ALLEN, LA ... AVOYELLES, LA ... BEAUREGARD, LA ... CALCASIEU, LA ... EVANGELINE, LA ... IBERIA, LA ... JEFFERSON DAVIS, LA ... LAFAYETTE, LA ... RAPIDES, LA ... ST. LANDRY, LA ... ST. MARTIN, LA ... VERNON, LA ... NEWTON, TX