THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 44 IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN LOUISIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 9 PARISHES IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA AVOYELLES EVANGELINE RAPIDES IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ALLEN BEAUREGARD CALCASIEU CAMERON JEFFERSON DAVIS IN WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA VERNON IN TEXAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS HARDIN JASPER JEFFERSON NEWTON ORANGE TYLER THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALEXANDRIA, BEAUMONT, BEAVER, BLEAKWOOD, BRIDGE CITY, BUNA, BUNDICK LAKE, BUNKIE, BURKEVILLE, CALL, COTTONPORT, DE RIDDER, EFFIE, FARRSVILLE, FIELDS, FORT POLK, FRED, GIST, HACKBERRY, HATHAWAY, HILLISTER, HOLLY SPRINGS, IVANHOE, JAMESTOWN, JASPER, JENNINGS, JOHNSON BAYOU, KINDER, KIRBYVILLE, LAKE ARTHUR, LAKE CHARLES, LEESVILLE, LUMBERTON, MAGNOLIA SPRINGS, MAMOU, MANSURA, MARKSVILLE, MT. UNION, NEWTON, OAKDALE, ORANGE, ORETTA, PICKERING, PINEVILLE, REDDELL, ROANOKE, SABINE PASS, SEA RIM STATE PARK, SILSBEE, SIMMESPORT, SLAGLE, SPURGER, ST. LANDRY, SULPHUR, TOPSY, TOWN BLUFF, VIDOR, VILLE PLATTE, WARREN, WELSH, WIERGATE, AND WOODVILLE.
* AFFECTED AREAS: ALLEN, LA ... AVOYELLES, LA ... BEAUREGARD, LA ... CALCASIEU, LA ... CAMERON, LA ... EVANGELINE, LA ... JEFFERSON DAVIS, LA ... RAPIDES, LA ... VERNON, LA ... HARDIN, TX ... JASPER, TX ... JEFFERSON, TX ... NEWTON, TX ... ORANGE, TX ... TYLER, TX
