TORNADO WATCH

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 61 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN LOUISIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 PARISHES IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA RAPIDES IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ALLEN BEAUREGARD CALCASIEU JEFFERSON DAVIS IN WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA VERNON IN TEXAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS HARDIN JASPER NEWTON ORANGE TYLER THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALEXANDRIA, BLEAKWOOD, BRIDGE CITY, BUNA, BUNDICK LAKE, BURKEVILLE, CALL, DE RIDDER, FARRSVILLE, FIELDS, FORT JOHNSON, FRED, GIST, HATHAWAY, HILLISTER, HOLLY SPRINGS, IVANHOE, JAMESTOWN, JASPER, JENNINGS, KINDER, KIRBYVILLE, LAKE ARTHUR, LAKE CHARLES, LEESVILLE, LUMBERTON, MAGNOLIA SPRINGS, MT. UNION, NEWTON, OAKDALE, ORANGE, ORETTA, PICKERING, PINEVILLE, ROANOKE, SILSBEE, SLAGLE, SPURGER, SULPHUR, TOPSY, TOWN BLUFF, VIDOR, WARREN, WELSH, WIERGATE, AND WOODVILLE.

Source: National Weather Service