BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1040 AM CDT THU OCT 31 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES...LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL AIRPORT...WESTLAKE...LAKE CHARLES...IOWA...HAYES... CENTRAL JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES...WELSH...FENTON... * UNTIL 1115 AM CDT * AT 1037 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR AND JUST NORTH OF LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL AIRPORT...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HOLMWOOD...LEBLEU SETTLEMENT AND BULLER PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME. TAKE COVER NOW! ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. && PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 337-477-5285 EXTENSION 1. LAT...LON 3022 9336 3044 9291 3043 9282 3012 9271 3005 9331 TIME...MOT...LOC 1539Z 252DEG 40KT 3018 9322 $$ TINGLER [Richard]
Posted on: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 15:42:54 +0000