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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 720 UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING WHICH REPLACES A PORTION OF TORNADO WATCH 718. THE NEW WATCH IS VALID FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN LOUISIANA THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 11 PARISHES IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA AVOYELLES EVANGELINE RAPIDES ST. LANDRY IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ACADIA ALLEN BEAUREGARD CALCASIEU JEFFERSON DAVIS IN WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA VERNON IN TEXAS THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS HARDIN JASPER NEWTON TYLER THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALEXANDRIA, BEAVER, BLEAKWOOD, BRANCH, BUNA, BUNDICK LAKE, BUNKIE, BURKEVILLE, 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, 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 ... VERNON, LA ... HARDIN, TX ... JASPER, TX ... NEWTON, TX ... TYLER, TX