TORLCH
LAC009-039-079-241500-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0054.091224T1434Z-091224T1500Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
834 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN AVOYELLES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BUNKIE...
  NORTHEASTERN EVANGELINE PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN RAPIDES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 900 AM CST

* AT 833 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTH OF
  BUNKIE...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BUNKIE BY 850 AM CST...

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.

IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME...WHETHER IT IS TIED DOWN OR NOT...
EVACUATE IT AND FIND A MORE STURDY SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES CAN BE
PICKED UP OR TOSSED BY THE TORNADO.

&&

PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
337-477-5285 EXTENSION 1.

LAT...LON 3104 9206 3085 9215 3085 9221 3080 9221
      3078 9218 3077 9218 3082 9229 3108 9226
TIME...MOT...LOC 1434Z 184DEG 31KT 3083 9223

$$

ERICKSON