Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 02:15PM
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Jefferson Davis Parish in southwestern Louisiana... Acadia Parish in southwestern Louisiana... Calcasieu Parish in southwestern Louisiana...
* Until 215 PM CDT.
* At 114 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Bivens to 6 miles southwest of Longville to near Reeves to near Oberlin to near Basile to near Eunice to near Chataignier, moving south at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include... Lake Charles, Sulphur, Orange, Crowley, Eunice, Jennings, Rayne, Westlake, Church Point, Welsh, Vinton, Iowa, Lake Arthur, Iota, Elton, Mermentau, Fenton, Hayes, Moss Bluff, and De Quincy. This includes the following highways... Interstate 10 in Texas near mile marker 880. Interstate 10 in Louisiana between mile markers 1 and 92. Interstate 210 between mile markers 1 and 12.
* AFFECTED AREAS: ACADIA, LA ... CALCASIEU, LA ... JEFFERSON DAVIS, LA
Instructions:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
Address/Location
Jefferson Davis Parish OHSEP
PO Box 1409
Jennings, LA 70546
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 337-246-5588
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
- Certainty:
- Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning