THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 186 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN LOUISIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 7 PARISHES IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA AVOYELLES EVANGELINE RAPIDES ST. LANDRY IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ALLEN BEAUREGARD IN WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA VERNON IN TEXAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS JASPER NEWTON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALEXANDRIA, BEAVER, BLEAKWOOD, BUNA, BUNDICK LAKE, BUNKIE, BURKEVILLE, CALL, COTTONPORT, DE RIDDER, EFFIE, EUNICE, FARRSVILLE, FIELDS, FORT POLK, GIST, HOLLY SPRINGS, JAMESTOWN, JASPER, KINDER, KIRBYVILLE, LAWTELL, LEESVILLE, MAGNOLIA SPRINGS, MAMOU, MANSURA, MARKSVILLE, MT. UNION, NEWTON, OAKDALE, OPELOUSAS, ORETTA, PICKERING, PINEVILLE, REDDELL, SIMMESPORT, SLAGLE, ST. LANDRY, VILLE PLATTE, AND WIERGATE.
* AFFECTED AREAS: ALLEN, LA ... AVOYELLES, LA ... BEAUREGARD, LA ... EVANGELINE, LA ... RAPIDES, LA ... ST. LANDRY, LA ... VERNON, LA ... JASPER, TX ... NEWTON, TX
