Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 05:15PM 
SVRLCH The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southern Rapides Parish in central Louisiana... Evangeline Parish in central Louisiana... Northeastern Beauregard Parish in southwestern Louisiana... Southeastern Vernon Parish in west central Louisiana... Allen Parish in southwestern Louisiana...
* Until 515 PM CST.
* At 418 PM CST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles west of Glenmora to Longville, moving southeast at 60 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* Locations impacted include... Chataignier, Dry Creek, Cheneyville, Turkey Creek, Bayou Chicot, Oakdale, Duralde, St. Landry, Glenmora, Allen Parish Airport, Forest Hill, Sugartown, Beaver, Union Hill, Grant, Longville, Harmony, Chicot State Park, Elizabeth, and Pitkin.
* AFFECTED AREAS: ALLEN, LA ... BEAUREGARD, LA ... EVANGELINE, LA ... RAPIDES, LA ... VERNON, LA
Instructions:
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into a small central room in a sturdy structure. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CST for central, southwestern and west central Louisiana.
Address/Location
Vernon Parish Fire District 1
185 Louisiana 111
Leesville, LA 71446
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
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