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Vernon Parish Sheriff's Office
Saturday December 28th, 2024 :: 07:40 a.m. CST

Advisory

Tornado Watch until 03:00PM

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 718 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN LOUISIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 12 PARISHES IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA AVOYELLES EVANGELINE RAPIDES ST. LANDRY IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE ST. MARTIN IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ACADIA ALLEN BEAUREGARD CALCASIEU JEFFERSON DAVIS IN WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA VERNON IN TEXAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS HARDIN JASPER NEWTON TYLER THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALEXANDRIA, BEAVER, BLEAKWOOD, BRANCH, BREAUX BRIDGE, BUNA, BUNDICK LAKE, BUNKIE, BURKEVILLE, CADE, CALL, CHURCH POINT, COTTONPORT, CROWLEY, DE RIDDER, EFFIE, EUNICE, FARRSVILLE, FIELDS, FORT JOHNSON, FRED, GIST, HATHAWAY, HILLISTER, HOLLY SPRINGS, IVANHOE, JAMESTOWN, JASPER, JENNINGS, KINDER, KIRBYVILLE, LAFAYETTE, LAKE ARTHUR, LAKE CHARLES, LAWTELL, LEESVILLE, LUMBERTON, MAGNOLIA SPRINGS, MAMOU, MANSURA, MARKSVILLE, MT. UNION, NEWTON, OAKDALE, OPELOUSAS, ORETTA, PICKERING, PINEVILLE, RAYNE, REDDELL, RICHARD, ROANOKE, SILSBEE, SIMMESPORT, SLAGLE, SPURGER, ST. LANDRY, ST. MARTINVILLE, STEPHENSVILLE, SULPHUR, TOPSY, TOWN BLUFF, VILLE PLATTE, WARREN, WELSH, WIERGATE, AND WOODVILLE.

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