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well here's landfall (eyewall is making landfall on radar in cameron) BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1153 PM CDT FRI SEP 23 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA CAMERON PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS * UNTIL 200 AM CDT * AT 1150 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE LEADING EDGE OF HURRICANE RITAS EYEWALL APPROACHING JEFFERSON COUNTY AND CAMERON PARISH. * DESTRUCTIVE SUSTAINED WINDS OF 100 TO 120 MPH WILL SPREAD ACROSS CAMERON AND CALCASIEU PARISHES AS WELL AS JEFFERSON AND ORANGE COUNTIES PRODUCING TORNADO-LIKE DAMAGE THROUGH 2 AM. TAKE COVER NOW! TREAT THESE IMMINENT EXTREME WINDS AS IF A TORNADO WAS APPROACHING. THESE DESTRUCTIVE WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIND DAMAGE SIMILAR TO A TORNADO. SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. CALL 337-477-5285 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE WEATHER SERVICE. |